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The Hotel de La Mole

           delaMolehadjustsaidsomethingtohim.ButwhenJulien,whowaslisteningatthemomentwithdowncasteyestothelamentationsofthebishop,hadatlengthgotfreeandwasabletogetnearhisfriend,hefoundhimmonopolisedbytheabominablelittleTanbeau.ThelittlebeasthatedhimasthecauseofJulien’sfavourwiththemarquis,andwasnowmakinguptohim.

           "Whenwilldeathdeliverusfromthatagedrottenness,"itwasinthesewordsofabiblicalenergythatthelittlemanofletterswasnowtalkingofthevenerableLordHolland.Hismeritconsistedinanexcellentknowledgeofthebiographyoflivingmen,andhehadjustmadearapidreviewofallthemenwhocouldaspiretosomeinfluenceunderthereignofthenewKingofEngland.

           TheabbéPirardpassedintoanadjacentsalon.Julienfollowedhim.

           "Iwarnyouthemarquisdoesnotlikescribblers,itishisonlyprejudice.KnowLatinandGreekifyoucanmanageit,thehistoryoftheEgyptians,Persians,etc.,hewillhonourandprotectyouasalearnedman.Butdon’twriteapageofFrench,especiallyonseriousmatterswhichareaboveyourpositioninsociety,orhewillcallyouascribblerandtakeyouforascoundrel.Howisitthatlivingasyoudointhehotelofagreatlordyoudon’tknowtheDukedeCastries’epigramonAlembertandRousseau:’thefellowwantstoreasonabouteverythingandhasn’tgotanincomeofathousandcrowns’!"

           "Everythingleaksouthere,"thoughtJulien,"justliketheseminary."Hehadwritteneightorsixfairlydrasticpages.

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