Красное и черное

The First Step

           Hesawinthewholeaffairapieceofgoodplaywhichputhiminagoodtemperandgavehimthehighestopinionoftheabbé’stalents.HegavehimamagnificentLatincertificate,andenjoinedsilenceontheabbédeFrilair,whowasventuringtoremonstrate.

           Thesameevening,myLordconveyedhisadmirationtotheMarquisedeRubempré.ThiswasgreatnewsforfineBesançonsociety.Theyabandonedthemselvestoallkindsofconjecturesoverthisextraordinaryfavour.TheyalreadysawtheabbéPirardaBishop.ThemoresubtlebrainsthoughtM.delaMolewasaminister,andindulgedonthisdayinsmilesattheimperiousairsthatM.theabbédeFrilairadoptedinsociety.

           ThefollowingdaytheabbéPirardwasalmostmobbedinthestreets,andthetradesmencametotheirshopdoorswhenhewenttosolicitaninterviewwiththejudgeswhohadhadtotrytheMarquis’slawsuit.Forthefirsttimeinhislifehewaspolitelyreceivedbythem.ThesternJansenist,indignantashewaswithallthathesaw,workedlongwiththeadvocateswhomhehadchosenfortheMarquisdelaMole,andleftforParis.Hewasweakenoughtotelltwoorthreecollegefriendswhoaccompaniedhimtothecarriagewhosearmorialbearingstheyadmired,thatafterhavingadministeredtheSeminaryforfifteenyearshewasleavingBesançonwithfivehundredandtwentyfrancsofsavings.Hisfriendskissedhimwithtearsintheireyes,andsaidtoeachother,

           "Thegoodabbécouldhavesparedhimselfthatlie.Itisreallytooridiculous"

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