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Painful Moments

           ThisnuancehadnotescapedmademoiselledelaMole,shewasastonishedbyit,butdidnotguessitsreason.Julien’sfrenziedsoul,inpraisingarivalwhomhethoughtwasloved,wassympathisingwithhishappiness.

           Thesefrankbutstupidwordschangedeverythinginasinglemoment;confidentthatshewasloved,Mathildedespisedhimutterly.

           Shewaswalkingwithhimwhenhemadehisill-timedremark;shelefthim,andherpartinglookexpressedthemostawfulcontempt.Shereturnedtothesalonanddidnotlookathimagainduringthewholeevening.Thiscontemptmonopolisedhermindthefollowingday.TheimpulsewhichduringthelastweekhadmadeherfindsomuchpleasureintreatingJulienashermostintimatefriendwasoutofthequestion;theverysightofhimwasdisagreeable.ThesensationMathildefeltreachedthepointofdisgust;nothingcanexpresstheextremecontemptwhichsheexperiencedwhenhereyesfelluponhim.

           JulienhadunderstoodnothingofthehistoryofMathilde’sheartduringthelastweek,buthedistinguishedthecontempt.Hehadthegoodsenseonlytoappearbeforeherontherarestpossibleoccasions,andneverlookedather.

           Butitwasnotwithoutamortalanguishthathe,asitwere,deprivedhimselfofherpresence.Hethoughthefelthisunhappinessincreasingstillfurther."Thecourageofaman’sheartcannotbecarriedfurther,"hesaidtohimself.Hepassedhislifeseatedatalittlewindowatthetopofthehôtel;theblindwascarefullyclosed,andfromhereatanyratehecouldseemademoiselledelaMolewhensheappearedinthegarden.

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