First Steps

           

           Thisimmensevalley,filledwithbrilliantlightsandsomanythousandsofmendazzlesmysight.Nooneknowsme.Allaresuperiortome.Ilosemyhead.Poemidell’av.REINA.

           JulienwascopyinglettersinthelibraryveryearlythenextdaywhenMademoiselleMathildecameinbyalittledummydoorverywellmaskedbythebacksofthebooks.WhileJulienwasadmiringthedevice,MademoiselleMathildeseemedastonishedandsomewhatannoyedatfindinghimthere:Juliensawthatshewasincurl-papersandhadahard,haughty,andmasculineexpression.MademoiselledelaMolehadthehabitofsurreptitiouslystealingbooksfromherfather’slibrary.Julien’spresencerenderedthismorning’sjourneyabortive,afactwhichannoyedherallthemoreasshehadcometofetchthesecondvolumeofVoltaire’sPrincessofBabylon,aworthyclimaxtooneofthemosteminentlymonarchicalandreligiouseducationswhichtheconventoftheSacredHearthadeverprovided.Thispoorgirlofnineteenalreadyrequiredsomeelementofspicinessinordertogetupaninterestinanovel.

           CountNorbertputinanappearanceinthelibraryaboutthreeo’clock.Hehadcometostudyapapersoastobeabletotalkpoliticsintheevening,andwasverygladtomeetJulien,whoseexistencehehadforgotten.Hewascharming,andofferedhimarideonhorseback.

           "Myfatherwillexcuseusuntildinner."

           Julienappreciatedtheusandthoughtitcharming.

           "Greatheavens!M.

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