Красное и черное

Manners and Customs in 1830

           

           Aretiredmanufacturerofcottonprints,acorrespondingmemberoftheAcademyofBesançonandofthatofUzès,spoketohimfromtheotherendofthetableandaskedhimifwhatwassaideverywhereabouthisastonishingprogressinthestudyoftheNewTestamentwasreallytrue.

           Aprofoundsilencewassuddenlyinaugurated.ANewTestamentinLatinwasfoundasthoughbymagicinthepossessionofthelearnedmemberofthetwoAcademies.AfterJulienhadanswered,partofasentenceinLatinwasreadatrandom.Julienthenrecited.Hismemoryprovedfaithfulandtheprodigywasadmiredwithalltheboisterousenergyoftheendofdinner.Julienlookedattheflushedfacesoftheladies.Agoodmanywerenotsoplain.Herecognisedthewifeofthecollector,whowasafinesinger.

           "Iamashamed,asamatteroffact,totalkLatinsolongbeforetheseladies,"hesaid,turninghiseyesonher."IfM.Rubigneau,"thatwasthenameofthememberofthetwoAcademies,"willbekindenoughtoreadaLatinsentenceatrandominsteadofansweringbyfollowingtheLatintext,Iwilltrytotranslateitimpromptu."Thissecondtestcompletedhisglory.

           SeveralLiberalswerethere,who,thoughrich,werenonethelessthehappyfathersofchildrencapableofobtainingscholarships,andhadconsequentlybeensuddenlyconvertedatthelastmission.Inspiteofthisdiplomaticstep,M.deRênalhadneverbeenwillingtoreceivetheminhishouse.Theseworthypeople,whoonlyknewJulienbynameandfromhavingseenhimonhorsebackonthedayofthekingof’sentry,werehismostnoisyadmirers.

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