Page "Ion Luca Caragiale" Paragraph 84

Having gained access to the Momulo Cardini inheritance, Caragiale became a rather wealthy man.

According to Şerban Cioculescu, the writer soon lost most of the funds earned, transferring them to Mateiu Caragiale and his mother, but was again made rich by the death of his sister Lenci in autumn 1905 — she left him the administrator of 160, 000 lei.

The latter event caused tensions between Mateiu and his father — Caragiale-son believed that he had been cheated out of the inheritance, and was angered by Ion Luca's decision to stop subsidizing him after he failed to complete his studies.