A Procession

           

           Allheartsweremoved.ThepresenceofGodseemedtohavedescendedintothesenarrowGothicstreetsthatstretchedineverydirection,andweresandedbythecareofthefaithful.Young.

           ItwasinvainthatJulienpretendedtobepettyandstupid.Hecouldnotplease;hewastoodifferent.Yetalltheseprofessors,hesaidtohimself,areverycleverpeople,meninathousand.Whydotheynotlikemyhumility?Onlyoneseemedtotakeadvantageofhisreadinesstobelieveeverything,andapparentlytoswalloweverything.ThiswastheabbéChas-Bernard,thedirectoroftheceremoniesofthecathedral,where,forthelastfifteenyears,hehadbeengivenoccasiontohopeforacanonry.Whilewaiting,hetaughthomileticsattheseminary.DuringtheperiodofJulien’sblindness,thisclasswasoneofthoseinwhichhemostfrequentlycameouttop.TheabbéChashadusedthisasanopportunitytomanifestsomefriendshiptohim,andwhentheclassbrokeup,hewouldbegladtotakehimbythearmforsometurnsinthegarden.

           "Whatishegettingat,"Julienwouldsaytohimself.Henoticedwithastonishmentthat,forhoursonend,theabbéwouldtalktohimabouttheornamentspossessedbythecathedral.Ithadseventeenlacechasubles,besidesthemourningvestments.AlotwashopedfromtheoldwifeofthejudgedeRubempré.Thislady,whowasninetyyearsofage,hadkeptforatleastseventyyearsherweddingdressofsuperbLyonsmaterial,embroideredwithgold.

           "Imagine,myfriend,"theabbéChaswouldsay,stoppingabruptly,andstaringwithamazement,"thatthismaterialkeepsquitestiff.

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