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The Hotel de La Mole

           But,exceptonrainydaysandinraremomentsofsavageboredom,theyalwaysshowedthemselvesperfectlypolite.

           IfthefiveorsixtoadieswhomanifestedsopaternalanaffectiontowardsJulienhaddesertedtheHoteldelaMole,themarquisewouldhavebeenexposedtolongspellsofsolitude,andintheeyesofwomenofthatclass,solitudeisawful,itisthesymbolofdisgrace.

           Themarquiswascharmingtohiswife.Hesawthathersalonwassufficientlyfurnished,thoughnotwithpeers,forhedidnotthinkhisnewcolleaguesweresufficientlynobletocometohishouseasfriends,orsufficientlyamusingtobeadmittedasinferiors.

           ItwasonlylaterthatJulienfathomedthesesecrets.Thegoverningpolicyofahousehold,thoughitformsthestapleofconversationinbourgeoisfamilies,isonlyalludedtoinfamiliesoftheclassofthatofthemarquisinmomentsofdistress.Soparamounteveninthisboredcenturyisthenecessityofamusingone’sself,thatevenonthedaysofdinner-partiesthemarquishadscarcelyleftthesalonbeforealltheguestsranaway.ProvidedthatonedidnotmakeanyjestsabouteitherGodorthepriestsorthekingorthepersonsinoffice,ortheartistswhoenjoyedthefavourofthecourt,orofanythingthatwasestablished,providedthatonedidnotpraiseeitherBérangerortheoppositionpapers,orVoltaireorRousseauoranythingwhichinvolvedanyelementoffreespeech,providedthataboveallthatonenevertalkedpolitics,onecoulddiscusseverythingwithfreedom.

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