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The Day After

           Thereweremomentswhere,inspiteofhishabitualhypocrisy,hefoundanextremedelightinconfessingtothisgreatladywhoadmiredhim,hisignoranceofacrowdoflittleusages.Hismistress’srankseemedtolifthimabovehimself.MadamedeRênal,onherside,wouldfindthesweetestthrillofintellectualvoluptuousnessinthusinstructinginanumberoflittlethingsthisyoungmanwhowassofullofgenius,andwhowaslookeduponbyeveryoneasdestinedonedaytogosofar.Eventhesub-prefectandM.Valenodcouldnothelpadmiringhim.Shethoughtitmadethemlessfoolish.AsforMadameDerville,shewasveryfarfrombeinginapositiontoexpressthesamesentiments.Rendereddesperatebywhatshethoughtshedivined,andseeingthathergoodadvicewasbecomingoffensivetoawomanwhohadliterallylostherhead,sheleftVergywithoutgivingtheexplanation,whichherfriendcarefullyrefrainedfromasking.MadamedeRênalshedafewtearsforher,andsoonfoundherhappinessgreaterthanever.Asaresultofherdeparture,shefoundherselfalonewithherlovernearlythewholeday.

           Julienabandonedhimselfallthemoretothedelightfulsocietyofhissweetheart,since,wheneverhewasalone,Fouqué’sfatalpropositionstillcontinuedtoagitatehim.Duringthefirstdaysofhisnovellifethereweremomentswhenthemanwhohadneverloved,whohadneverbeenlovedbyanyone,wouldfindsodeliciousapleasureinbeingsincere,thathewasonthepointofconfessingtoMadamedeRênalthatambitionwhichuptothenhadbeentheveryessenceofhisexistence

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