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Alan Trevor
Baron Hausberg is one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Europe. He is also a friend and patron of Alan’s, and he has commissioned Alan to paint him as a beggar. Hughie, ignorant of Hausberg’s real identity, sees the man in beggar’s rags when he visits Alan’s studio and gives him one of his last coins out of pity. In his disguise, Hausberg thanks Hughie deeply. He then asks Alan all about Hughie after he leaves, learning of his financial and romantic difficulties. Hausberg is clearly moved by Hughie’s generosity and decides to repay him. He sends a messenger to Hughie the next day carrying a check for all the money he needs to wed Laura. At the marriage, he gives a speech. His exemplary behavior prompts Alan to dub him a “model millionaire.”
The Beggar (Baron Hausberg) Quotes in The Model Millionaire
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“Poor old chap!” said Hughie, “how miserable he looks! But I suppose, to you painters, his face is his fortune?”
“Certainly,” replied Trevor, “you don’t want a beggar to look happy, do you?”
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“Poor old fellow,” he thought to himself, “he wants it more than I do, but it means no hansoms for a fortnight”; and he walked across the studio and slipped the sovereign into the beggar’s hand.
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“An artist’s heart is his head,” replied Trevor; “and besides, our business is to realise the world as we see it, not to reform it as we know it. A chacun son métier”
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“The old man you saw to-day in the studio was Baron Hausberg. He is a great friend of mine, buys all my pictures and that sort of thing, and gave me a commission a month ago to paint him as a beggar. Que voulez-vous? La fantaisie d’un millionnaire!”
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“I suppose he has come for an apology,” said Hughie to himself; and he told the servant to show the visitor up.
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“Millionaire models,” remarked Alan, “are rare enough; but, by Jove, model millionaires are rarer still!”
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The Beggar (Baron Hausberg) Character Timeline in The Model Millionaire
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Today, the model sitting for Alan’s painting is an old beggar in rags. Alan is enthralled with the...
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...Alan steps out for a moment, Hughie is overcome with pity and gives the “forlorn” beggar his last sovereign, a donation he can hardly afford. The beggar thanks him deeply. Hughie...
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...that night, Hughie walks into a club and sees Alan. Alan informs him that the model asked all about Hughie after he left. Hughie again expresses pity for the man, and...
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Alan says that he told the model all about Hughie’s romantic and financial woes. A shocked Hughie feels violated until Alan reveals...
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The next morning, a messenger on behalf of Baron Hausberg arrives at Hughie’s house. Hughie immediately starts apologizing for presumably insulting the Baron, but...
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Hughie and Laura get married. Alan is the best man, and the Baron gives a speech. Alan declares that “millionaire models” are quite rare, but that “model millionaires...
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