Красное и черное

The Sorrows of an Official

           IthadscarcelybeenputinitsplacebeforeJulien’scuriositysawthedetailedannouncementoftheputtingupforpublicauctionofthatbigoldhousewhosenamehadfiguredsofrequentlyinM.deRênal’sconversationswithhiswife.Theauctionoftheleasewasannouncedforto-morrowattwoo’clockintheTownHallaftertheextinctionofthethirdfire.Julienwasverydisappointed.Hefoundthetimealittleshort.Howcouldtherebetimetoapprisealltheotherwould-bepurchasers.But,moreover,thebill,whichwasdatedafortnightback,andwhichhereadagaininitsentiretyinthreedistinctplaces,taughthimnothing.

           Hewenttovisitthehousewhichwastolet.Theporter,whohadnotseenhimapproach,wassayingmysteriouslytoaneighbour:

           "Pooh,pooh,wasteoftime.M.Maslonhaspromisedhimthatheshallhaveitforthreehundredfrancs;and,asthemayorkicked,hehasbeensummonedtothebishop’spalacebyM.theGrandVicardeFrilair."

           Julien’sarrivalseemedverymuchtodisconcertthetwofriendswhodidnotsayanotherword.Julienmadeapointofbeingpresentattheauctionofthelease.

           Therewasacrowdinthebadly-lightedhall,buteverybodykeptquizzingeachotherinquiteasingularway.AlleyeswerefixedonatablewhereJulienperceivedthreelittlelightedcandle-endsonatinplate.Theusherwascryingout"Threehundredfrancs,gentlemen."

           "Threehundredfrancs,that’sabittoothick,"saidamantohisneighbourinalowvoice.Julienwasbetweenthetwoofthem."It’sworthmorethaneighthundred,Iwillraisethebidding.

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