Красное и черное

A Plot

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           Hehadkepthisdepartureasecret,butMathildeknew,evenbetterthanhedidhimself,thathewasgoingtoleaveParisthefollowingdayforalongtime.Shedevelopedamaddeningheadache,whichwasrenderedworsebythestuffysalon.Shewalkedagreatdealinthegarden,andpersecutedNorbert,themarquisdeCroisenois,Caylus,deLuz,andsomeotheryoungmenwhohaddinedattheHôteldelaMole,tosuchanextentbyhermordantwitticisms,thatshedrovethemtotaketheirleave.ShekeptlookingatJulieninastrangeway.

           "Perhapsthatlookisapose,"thoughtJulien,"buthowaboutthathurriedbreathingandallthatagitation?Bah,"hesaidtohimself,"whoamItojudgeofsuchthings?WearedealingwiththecreamofParisiansublimityandsubtlety.Asforthathurriedbreathingwhichwasonthepointofaffectingme,shenodoubtstudieditwithLéontineFay,whomshelikessomuch."

           Theywereleftalone;theconversationwasobviouslylanguishing."No,Julienhasnofeelingforme,"saidMathildetoherself,inastateofrealunhappiness.

           Ashewastakingleaveofhershetookhisarmviolently.

           "Youwillreceivealetterfrommethisevening,"shesaidtohiminavoicethatwassochangedthatitstonewasscarcelyrecognisable.

           ThiscircumstanceaffectedJulienimmediately.

           "Myfather,"shecontinued,"hasaproperregardfortheservicesyourenderhim.Youmustnotleaveto-morrow;findanexcuse."Andsheranaway.

           Herfigurewascharming.Itwasimpossibletohaveaprettierfoot.

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