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Another Danton

           Iwilltellhimmybrother’sphrase.Iwanttoseewhatanswerhewillmake.ButIwillchooseoneofthemomentswhenhiseyesareshining.Thenhewillnotbeabletolietome.

           "HemustbeaDanton!"sheaddedafteralongandvaguereverie."Well,supposetherevolutionbeginsagain,whatfigureswillCroisenoisandmybrothercutthen?Itissettledinadvance:Sublimeresignation.Theywillbeheroicsheepwhowillallowtheirthroatstobecutwithoutsayingaword.Theironefearwhentheydiewillstillbethefearofbeingbadform.IfaJacobincametoarrestmylittleJulienhewouldblowhisbrainsout,howeversmallachancehehadofescaping.Heisnotfrightenedofdoinganythinginbadform."

           Theselastwordsmadeherpensive;theyrecalledpainfulmemoriesanddeprivedherofallherboldness.ThesewordsremindedherofthejestsofMM.deCaylus,Croisenois,deLuzandherbrother;thesegentlemenjoinedincensuringJulienforhispriestlydemeanour,whichtheysaidwashumbleandhypocritical.

           "But,"shewentonsuddenlywithhereyesgleamingwithjoy,"theverybitternessandtheveryfrequencyoftheirjestsproveinspiteofthemselvesthatheisthemostdistinguishedmanwhomwehaveseenthiswinter.Whatmatterhisdefectsandthethingswhichtheymakefunof?Hehastheelementofgreatnessandtheyareshockedbyit.Yes,they,theverymenwhoaresogoodandsocharitableinothermatters.Itisafactthatheispoorandthathehasstudiedinordertobeapriest;theyaretheheadsofasquadronandneverhadanyneedofstudying;theyfounditlesstrouble.

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