Красное и черное

The World, or What the Rich Lack

           "Buttheywillcertainlydrawlotsamongstusforthegreatvicarships,canonriesandperhapsbishoprics.M.PBishopofChâlons,isthesonofacooper.That’swhatmyfatheris."

           Oneday,inthemiddleofatheologylesson,theAbbéPirardsummonedJulientohim.Theyoungfellowwasdelightedtoleavethedark,moralatmosphereinwhichhehadbeenplunged.Julienreceivedfromthedirectorthesamewelcomewhichhadfrightenedhimsomuchonthefirstdayofhisentry.

           "Explaintomewhatiswrittenonthisplayingcard?"hesaid,lookingathiminawaycalculatedtomakehimsinkintotheearth.

           Julienread:

           "AmandaBinetoftheGiraffeCafébeforeeighto’clock.Sayyou’refromGenlis,andmymother’scousin."

           Julienrealisedtheimmensedanger.ThespiesoftheabbéCastanèdehadstolentheaddress.

           "IwastremblingwithfearthedayIcamehere,"heanswered,lookingattheabbéPirard’sforehead,forhecouldnotendurethatterriblegaze."M.Chélantoldmethatthisisaplaceofinformersandmischief-makersofallkinds,andthatspyingandtale-bearingbyonecomradeonanotherwasencouragedbytheauthorities.Heavenwishesittobeso,soastoshowlifesuchasitistotheyoungpriests,andfillthemwithdisgustfortheworldandallitspomps."

           "Andit’stomethatyoumakethesefinespeeches,"saidtheabbéPirardfuriously."Youyoungvillain."

           "MybrothersusedtobeatmeatVerrières,"answeredJuliencoldly,"Whentheyhadoccasiontobejealousofme."

           "Indeed,indeed,"exclaimedM.Pirard,almostbesidehimself.

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