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What Is the Decoration that Confers Distinction?

           "WhatpleasuredoIget,"sheaddedsadly,"ifafteranabsenceofsixmonthsIfindmyselfataballwhichallthewomenofParisweremadwithjealousytogoto?AndwhatismoreIamsurroundedbythehomageofanideallyconstitutedcircleofsociety.TheonlybourgeoisaresomepeersandperhapsoneortwoJuliens.Andyet,"sheaddedwithincreasingsadness,"whatadvantageshasnotfatebestoweduponme!Distinction,fortune,youth,everythingexcepthappiness.Mymostdubiousadvantagesaretheveryonestheyhavebeenspeakingtomeaboutalltheevening.Wit,IbelieveIhaveit,becauseIobviouslyfrighteneveryone.Iftheyventuretotackleaserioussubject,theywillarriveafterfiveminutesofconversationandasthoughtheyhadmadeagreatdiscoveryataconclusionwhichwehavebeenrepeatingtothemforthelasthour.Iambeautiful,IhavethatadvantageforwhichmadamedeStaelwouldhavesacrificedeverything,andyetI’mdyingofboredom.ShallIhavereasontobelessboredwhenIhavechangedmynameforthatofthemarquisdeCroisenois?

           "MyGodthough,"sheadded,whileshealmostfeltasifshewouldliketocry,"isn’thereallyquiteperfect?He’saparagonoftheeducationoftheage;youcan’tlookathimwithouthisfindingsomethingcharmingandevenwittytosaytoyou;heisbrave.ButthatSorelisstrange,"shesaidtoherself,andtheexpressionofhereyeschangedfrommelancholytoanger."ItoldhimthatIhadsomethingtosaytohimandhehasn’tdeignedtoreappear."

           

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