Красное и черное

A Plot

           AbitterironyrebuffedthoseassurancesoffriendshipwhichtheastonishedmademoiselledelaMoleventuredtohazardontwoorthreeoccasions.

           Piquedbythissuddeneccentricity,theheartofthisyounggirl,thoughnaturallycold,boredandintellectual,becameasimpassionedasitwasnaturallycapableofbeing.ButtherewasalsoalargeelementofprideinMathilde’scharacter,andthebirthofasentimentwhichmadeallherhappinessdependentonanother,wasaccompaniedbyagloomymelancholy.

           JulienhadderivedsufficientadvantagefromhisstayinParistoappreciatethatthiswasnotthefrigidmelancholyofennui.Insteadofbeingkeenasshehadbeenonathomes,theatres,andallkindsofdistractions,shenowshunnedthem.

           MusicsungbyFrenchmenboredMathildetodeath,yetJulien,whoalwaysmadeapointofbeingpresentwhentheaudiencecameoutoftheOpera,noticedthatshemadeapointofgettingtakenthereasoftenasshecould.Hethoughthenoticedthatshehadlostalittleofthatbrilliantneatnessoftouchwhichusedtobemanifestineverythingshedid.Shewouldsometimesanswerherfriendswithjestsrenderedpositivelyoutrageousthroughthesheerforceoftheirstingingenergy.HethoughtthatshemadeaspecialbuttofthemarquisdeCroisenois.Thatyoungmanmustbedesperatelyinlovewithmoneynottogivethego-bytothatgirl,howeverrichshemaybe,thoughtJulien.Andasforhimself,indignantattheseoutragesonmasculineself-respect,heredoubledhisfrigiditytowardsher.Sometimeshewentsofarastoanswerherwithscantcourtesy.

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