Красное и черное

Driving a Bargain

           MakinghisfortuneprimarilymeanttoJuliengettingoutofVerrières:heabhorredhisnativecountry;everythingthathesawtherefrozehisimagination.

           Hehadhadmomentsofexultationsincehisearliestchildhood.HewouldthendreamwithgustoofbeingpresentedonedaytotheprettywomenofParis.Hewouldmanagetoattracttheirattentionbysomedazzlingfeat:whyshouldhenotbelovedbyoneofthemjustasBuonaparte,whenstillpoor,hadbeenlovedbythebrilliantMadamedeBeauharnais.FormanyyearspastJulienhadscarcelypassedasingleyearofhislifewithoutremindinghimselfthatBuonaparte,theobscureandpennilesslieutenant,hadmadehimselfmasterofthewholeworldbythepowerofhissword.Thisideaconsoledhimforhismisfortune,whichheconsideredtobegreat,andrenderedsuchjoyfulmomentsashehaddoublyintense.

           ThebuildingofthechurchandthesentencespronouncedbytheJusticeofthePeacesuddenlyenlightenedhim.Anideacametohimwhichmadehimalmostmadforsomeweeks,andfinallytookcompletepossessionofhimwithallthemagicthatafirstideapossessesforapassionatesoulwhichbelievesthatitisoriginal.

           "AtthetimewhenBuonapartegothimselftalkedabout,Francewasfrightenedofbeinginvaded;militarydistinctionwasnecessaryandfashionable.Nowadays,oneseespriestsoffortywithsalariesof100,000francs,thatistosay,threetimesasmuchasNapoleon’sfamousgeneralsofadivision.Theyneedpersonstoassistthem.

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