Красное и черное

The Hotel de La Mole

           YoucanformyouropinionastowhetherJulienpaidattention;everythinginterestedhim,boththesubstanceofthingsandthemannerofmakingfunofthem.

           "AndthereisM.Descoulis,"saidMatilde;"hedoesn’twearawiganymore.Doeshewanttogetaprefectshipthroughsheerforceofgenius?Heisdisplayingthatbaldforeheadwhichhesaysisfilledwithloftythoughts."

           "Heisamanwhoknowsthewholeworld,"saidthemarquisdeCroisenois."Healsogoestomyunclethecardinal’s.Heiscapableofcultivatingafalsehoodwitheachofhisfriendsforyearsonend,andhehastwoorthreehundredfriends.Heknowshowtonursefriendship,thatishistalent.Hewillgoout,justasyouseehim,intheworstwinterweather,andbeatthedoorofoneofhisfriendsbyseveno’clockinthemorning.

           "Hequarrelsfromtimetotimeandhewritessevenoreightlettersforeachquarrel.Thenhehasareconciliationandhewritessevenoreightletterstoexpresshisburstsoffriendship.Butheshinesmostbrilliantlyinthefrankandsincereexpansivenessofthehonestmanwhokeepsnothinguphissleeve.Thismanœuvreisbroughtintoplaywhenhehassomefavourtoask.Oneofmyuncle’sgrandvicarsisverygoodattellingthelifeofM.Descoulissincetherestoration.Iwillbringhimtoyou."

           "Bah!Idon’tbelieveallthat,it’sprofessionaljealousyamongthelowerclasses,"saidthecomtedeCaylus.

           "M.Descouliswillliveinhistory,"repliedthemarquis."HebroughtabouttherestorationtogetherwiththeabbédePradtandmessieursdeTalleyrandandPozzodiBorgo.

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