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The Bread of the Poor

           Mygrandfatheroftenusedtotellusthathehadatutorwhenhewasyoung.Itmayrunmeintoahundredcrowns,butthatoughttobelookeduponasanexpensenecessaryforkeepingupourposition."

           ThissuddenresolutionleftMadamedeRênalquitepensive.Shewasabig,well-madewoman,whohadbeenthebeautyofthecountry,tousethelocalexpression.Shehadacertainairofsimplicityandyouthfulnessinherdeportment.Thisnaivegrace,withitsinnocenceanditsvivacity,mightevenhaverecalledtoaParisiansomesuggestionofthesweetshehadleftbehindhim.Ifshehadrealisedthisparticularphaseofhersuccess,MadamedeRênalwouldhavebeenquiteashamedofit.Allcoquetry,allaffectation,wereabsolutelyalientohertemperament.M.Valenod,therichdirectoroftheworkhouse,hadthereputationofhavingpaidhercourt,afactwhichhadcastasingularglamouroverhervirtue;forthisM.Valenod,abigyoungmanwithasquare,sturdyframe,floridface,andbig,blackwhiskers,wasoneofthosecoarse,blustering,andnoisypeoplewhopassintheprovincesfora"fineman."

           MadamedeRênal,whohadaveryshy,andapparentlyaveryuneventemperament,wasparticularlyshockedbyM.Valenod’slackofrepose,andbyhisboisterousloudness.Heraloofnessfromwhat,intheVerrières’jargon,wascalled"havingagoodtime,"hadearnedherthereputationofbeingveryproudofherbirth.Infact,sheneverthoughtaboutit,butshehadbeenextremelygladtofindtheinhabitantsofthetownvisitherlessfrequently.

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