Красное и черное

The World, or What the Rich Lack

           Hehadnotspokentohimonasingleoccasionapartfromtheconfessional,andeventherehelistenedmorethanhespoke.MatterswouldhavebeenverydifferentifhehadchosentheabbéCastanède.ThemomentthatJulienrealisedhisfolly,heceasedtobebored.Hewishedtoknowthewholeextentoftheevil,andtoeffectthisemergedalittlefromthathaughtyobstinatesilencewithwhichhehadscrupulouslyrebuffedhiscomrades.Itwasnowthattheytooktheirrevengeonhim.Hisadvanceswerewelcomedbyacontemptvergingonderision.Herealisedthattherehadnotbeenonesinglehourfromthetimeofhisentryintotheseminary,particularlyduringrecreationtime,whichhadnotresultedinaffectinghimonewayoranother,whichhadnotincreasedthenumberofhisenemies,orwonforhimthegoodwillofsomeseminaristwhowaseithersincerelyvirtuousorofafibreslightlylesscoarsethanthatoftheothers.Theeviltorepairwasinfinite,andthetaskverydifficult.Henceforth,Julien’sattentionwasalwaysonguard.Theproblembeforehimwastomapoutanewcharacterforhimself.

           Themovingofhiseyesforexample,occasionedhimagreatdealoftrouble.Itiswithgoodreasonthattheyarecarriedloweredintheseplaces.

           "HowpresumptuousIwasatVerrières,"saidJulientohimself."IthoughtIlived;Iwasonlypreparingforlife,andhereIamatlastintheworldsuchasIshallfindit,untilmypartcomestoanend,surroundedbyrealenemies.Whatimmensedifficulties,"headded,"areinvolvedinkeepingupthishypocrisyeverysingleminute.

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