Answer: Mathilde was ready to leave and she was embarrassed that she didn't have a fur coat like the other ladies at the ball. He flung over her head the clothes he had given her to go outside, the humble clothes of everyday life, whose poverty contrasted strongly with the beauty of the ball outfit.
"During the shop’s peak hours – from eight in the evening till around midnight – one could hardly hear oneself talk because of the boisterous chatters that went on."
Answer: b) revolutinary, unlucky, ingenious.
Explanation:
Personally, I believe his luck fell bad throughout his lifetime but his work was still very revoluntionay to the country, as well as inventive (ingenious).
A. seems wrong because he wasn't seen as resourceful because of his luck. He also didn't seem selfish as his intentions weren't bad.
C. Seems wrong because I feel as if his "unluckiness" caused him to not be considered a businessman. I'm not sure about weather to consider him "perserverant" or not.