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The Hotel de La Mole

           deMaistre,whomIknowbyheart,"hethought,"hasputitahundredtimesbetter,andallthesameheisprettyboring."

           Julienwasnottheonlyonetoappreciatethisstiflingmoralatmosphere.Someconsoledthemselvesbytakingagreatquantityofices,othersbythepleasureofsayingalltherestoftheevening,"IhavejustcomefromtheHôteldelaMolewhereIlearntthatRussia,etc."

           JulienlearntfromoneofthetoadiesthatscarcelysixmonthsagomadamedelaMolehadrewardedmorethantwentyyearsofassiduousattentionbypromotingthepoorbaronLeBourguignon,whohadbeenasub-prefectsincetherestoration,totherankofprefect.

           Thisgreateventhadwhettedthezealofallthesegentlemen.Previouslytherewerefewthingstowhichtheywouldhaveobjected,nowtheyobjectedtonothing.Therewasrarelyanyovertlackofconsideration,butJulienhadalreadycaughtatmealstwoorthreelittleshortdialoguesbetweenthemarquisandhiswifewhichwerecrueltothosewhowereseatednearthem.Thesenoblepersonagesdidnotconcealtheirsincerecontemptforeveryonewhowasnotsprungfrompeoplewhowereentitledtorideinthecarriagesoftheking.Juliennoticedthatthewordcrusadewastheonlywordwhichgavetheirfaceanexpressionofdeepseriousnessakintorespect.Theirordinaryrespecthadalwaysatouchofcondescension.InthemiddleofthismagnificenceandthisboredomJulienwasinterestedinnothingexceptM.delaMole.HewasdelightedtohearhimprotestonedaythathehadhadnothingtodowiththepromotionofthatpoorLeBourguignon,itwasanattentiontothemarquise.

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