Красное и черное

Country Pleasures

           WellIwasonthepointofbeingturnedout,whenIhandedinmyresignation.Youknowwhatmyfortuneconsistedof.Ihadfivehundredandtwentyfrancscapitalneithermorenorless,notafriend,scarcelytwoorthreeacquaintances.M.delaMole,whomIhadneverseen,extricatedmefromthatquandary.HeonlyhadtosaythewordandIwasgivenalivingwheretheparishionersarewell-to-dopeopleaboveallcrudevices,andwheretheincomeputsmetoshame,itissodisproportionatetomywork.Irefrainedfromtalkingtoyouallthistimesimplytoenableyoutofindyourlevelabit.

           "Onewordmore,Ihavethemisfortunetobeirritable.ItispossiblethatyouandIwillceasetobeonspeakingterms.

           "IftheairsofthemarquiseorthespitefulpleasantriesofhersonmakethehouseabsolutelyintolerableforyouIadviseyoutofinishyourstudiesinsomeseminarythirtyleaguesfromParisandrathernorththansouth.Thereismorecivilisationinthenorth,and,headdedloweringhisvoice,ImustadmitthatthenearnessoftheParispapersputsfearintoourpettytyrants.

           "Ifwecontinuetofindpleasureineachother’ssocietyandifthemarquis’shousedoesnotsuityou,Iwillofferyouthepostofmycurate,andwillgoequalshareswithyouinwhatIgetfromtheliving.Ioweyouthatandevenmore,headdedinterruptingJulien’sthanks,fortheextraordinaryofferwhichyoumademeatBesançon.IfinsteadofhavingfivehundredandtwentyfrancsIhadhadnothingyouwouldhavesavedme."

           Theabbé’svoicehadlostitstoneofcruelty,Julienwasashamedtofeeltearsinhiseyes

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