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What Is the Decoration that Confers Distinction?

           

           Thereareagoodnumberofpeopleinsocietywhowouldliketoestablishthefactthatnothingisinsuchbadformasaconspiracy,inthenineteenthcentury;itsmacksofJacobinism.AndwhatcouldbemoresordidthanunsuccessfulJacobinism.

           Mathilde’sexpressionmadefunalittleofAltamiraandM.deCroisenois,butshelistenedtohimwithpleasure.

           "Aconspiratorataball,whataprettycontrast,"shethought.Shethoughtthatthismanwithhisblackmoustachelookedlikealionatrest,butshesoonperceivedthathismindhadonlyonepointofview:utility,admirationforutility.

           Theyoungcomtethoughtnothingworthyhisattentionexceptwhattendedtogivehiscountrytwochambergovernment.HeleftMathilde,whowastheprettiestpersonattheball,withalacrity,becausehesawaPeruviangeneralcomein.DesparingofEuropesuchasM.deMetternichhadarrangedit,poorAltamirahadbeenreducedtothinkingthatwhentheStatesofSouthAmericahadbecomestrongandpowerfultheycouldrestoretoEuropethelibertywhichMirabeauhasgivenit.

           AcrowdofmoustachisedyoungmenhadapproachedMathilde.SherealizedthatAltamirahadnotfeltallured,andwaspiquedbyhisdeparture.ShesawhisblackeyegleamashetalkedtothePeruviangeneral.MademoiselledelaMolelookedattheyoungFrenchmenwiththatprofoundseriousnesswhichnoneofherrivalscouldimitate,"whichofthem,"shethought,"couldgethimselfcondemnedtodeath,evensupposinghehadafavourableopportunity?"

           Thissingularlookflatteredthosewhowerenotveryintelligent,butdisconcertedtheothers.

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