Красное и черное

Country Pleasures

           Shouldwebesaddledwiththeseinsolentgentlementoday,ifyourBonapartehadnotcreatedbaronsandcounts?No,theywereoutoffashion.Nexttothepriests,it’sthelittlecountrynobilitywhohaveannoyedmethemost,andcompelledmetobecomeaLiberal."

           Theconversationwasendless.ThethemewilloccupyFranceforanotherhalf-century.AsSaint-Giraudkeptalwaysrepeatingthatitwasimpossibletoliveintheprovinces,JulientimidlysuggestedthecaseofM.deRênal.

           "Zounds,youngman,you’reaniceone,"exclaimedFalcoz."Heturnedspidersoasnottobefly,andaterriblespiderintothebargain.ButIseethatheisbeatenbythatmanValenod.Doyouknowthatscoundrel?He’sthevillainofthepiece.WhatwillyourM.deRênalsayifheseeshimselfturnedoutoneofthesefinedays,andValenodputinhisplace?"

           "Hewillbelefttobroodoverhiscrimes,"saidSaint-Giraud."DoyouknowVerrières,youngman?Well,Bonaparte,heavenconfoundhim!BonaparteandhismonarchicaltomfooleryrenderedpossiblethereignoftheRênalsandtheChélans,whichbroughtaboutthereignoftheValenodsandtheMaslons."

           Thisconversation,withitsgloomypolitics,astonishedJulienanddistractedhimfromhisdeliciousreveries.

           HeappreciatedbutlittlethefirstsightofParisasperceivedinthedistance.Thecastlesintheairhehadbuiltabouthisfuturehadtostrugglewiththestillpresentmemoryofthetwenty-fourhoursthathehadjustpassedinVerrières.

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