Красное и черное

The Day After

           Happily,hehadnot,onthisoccasion,thatartificialairwhichhadmadetheassignationofthepreviousnightatriumphratherthanapleasure.Ifshehadrealisedhisconcentrationonplayingapartthatmelancholydiscoverywouldhavetakenawayallherhappinessforever.Shecouldonlyhaveseeninittheresultofthedifferenceintheirages.

           AlthoughMadamedeRênalhadneverthoughtoftheoriesoflove,differenceinageisnexttodifferenceinfortune,oneofthegreatcommonplacesofprovincialwitticisms,wheneverloveisthetopicofconversation.

           InafewdaysJuliensurrenderedhimselfwithalltheardourofhisage,andwasdesperatelyinlove.

           "Onemustown,"hesaidtohimself,"thatshehasanangelickindnessofsoul,andnooneintheworldisprettier."

           Hehadalmostcompletelygivenupplayingapart.Inamomentofabandon,heevenconfessedtoherallhisnervousness.Thisconfidenceraisedthepassionwhichhewasinspiringtoitszenith."AndIhavenoluckyrivalafterall,"saidMadamedeRênaltoherselfwithdelight.Sheventuredtoquestionhimontheportraitinwhichheusedtobesointerested.Juliensworetoherthatitwasthatofaman.

           WhenMadamedeRênalhadenoughpresenceofmindlefttoreflect,shedidnotrecoverfromherastonishmentthatsogreatahappinesscouldexist;andthatshehadneverhadanythingof.

           "Oh,"shesaidtoherself,"ifIhadonlyknownJulientenyearsagowhenIwasstillconsideredpretty."

           Julienwasfarfromhavingthoughtslikethese.Hislovewasstillakintoambition.

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