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A Plot

           Hehadsufficientsensetorealisethatheknewnothingabouthercharacter.Allhesawofitmightbemerelysuperficial.

           Forinstance,MathildewouldnothavemissedmassonSundayforanythingintheworld.Sheaccompaniedhermothertherenearlyeverytime.IfwheninthesalonoftheHôteldeLaMolesomeindiscreetmanforgotwherehewas,andindulgedintheremotestallusiontoanyjestagainsttherealorsupposedinterestsofChurchorState,Mathildeimmediatelyassumedanicyseriousness.Herpreviouslyarchexpressionre-assumedalltheimpassivehaughtinessofanoldfamilyportrait.

           ButJulienhadassuredhimselfthatshealwayshadoneortwoofVoltaire’smostphilosophicvolumesinherroom.Hehimselfwouldoftenstealsometomesofthatfineeditionwhichwassomagnificentlybound.Bymovingeachvolumealittledistancefromtheonenexttoithemanagedtohidetheabsenceoftheonehetookaway,buthesoonnoticedthatsomeoneelsewasreadingVoltaire.HehadrecoursetoatrickworthyoftheseminaryandplacedsomepiecesofhaironthosevolumeswhichhethoughtwerelikelytointerestmademoiselledeLaMole.Theydisappearedforwholeweeks.

           M.deLaMolehadlostpatiencewithhisbookseller,whoalwayssenthimallthespuriousmemoirs,andhadinstructedJulientobuyallthenewbooks,whichwereatallstimulating.Butinordertopreventthepoisonspreadingoverthehousehold,thesecretarywasorderedtoplacethebooksinalittlebook-casethatstoodinthemarquis’sownroom.

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