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The Hotel de La Mole

           Itwasakindofhistoricaleulogyoftheoldsurgeon-majorwhohad,hesaid,madeamanofhim."Thelittlenotebook,"saidJulientohimself,"hasalwaysbeenlocked."Hewentuptohisroom,burnthismanuscriptandreturnedtothesalon.Thebrilliantscoundrelshadleftit,onlythemenwiththestarswereleft.

           Sevenoreightveryaristocraticladies,verydevout,veryaffected,andoffromthirtytothirty-fiveyearsofage,weregroupedroundthetablethattheservantshadjustbroughtinreadyserved.ThebrilliantmaréchaledeFervaquescameinapologisingforthelatenessofthehour.Itwasmorethanmidnight:shewentandsatdownnearthemarquise.Julienwasdeeplytouched,shehadtheeyesandtheexpressionofmadamedeRênal.

           MademoiselledelaMole’scirclewasstillfullofpeople.ShewasengagedwithherfriendsinmakingfunoftheunfortunatecomtedeThaler.HewastheonlysonofthatcelebratedJewwhowasfamousfortherichesthathehadwonbylendingmoneytokingstomakewaronthepeoples.

           TheJewhadjustdiedleavinghissonanincomeofonehundredthousandcrownsamonth,andanamethatwasonlytoowellknown.Thisstrangepositionrequiredeitherasimplecharacterorforceofwillpower.

           Unfortunatelythecomtewassimplyafellowwhowasinflatedbyallkindsofpretensionswhichhadbeensuggestedtohimbyallhistoadies.

           M.deCaylusassertedthattheyhadinducedhimtomakeuphismindtoaskforthehandofmademoiselledelaMole,towhomthemarquisdeCroisenois,whowouldbeadukewithahundredthousandfrancsayear,waspayinghisattentions.

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