Красное и черное

The Clergy, their Forests, Liberty

           

           "Nothingiseasieritseemstomethansummingupourposition,"saidtheyoungbishopofAgde,withtherestrainedconcentratedfireofthemostexaltedfanaticism.Hehadkeptsilentuptothistime;hiseye,whichJulienhadnoticedasbeingsoftandcalmatthebeginning,hadbecomefieryduringthefirsthourofthediscussion.HissoulwasnowbubblingoverlikelavafromVesuvius.

           "Englandonlymadeonemistakefrom1806to1814,"hesaid,"andthatwasinnottakingdirectandpersonalmeasuresagainstNapoleon.Assoonasthatmanhadmadedukesandchamberlains,assoonashehadre-establishedthethrone,themissionthatGodhadentrustedtohimwasfinished.Theonlythingtodowithhimwastosacrificehim.Thescripturesteachusinmorethanoneplacehowtomakeanendoftyrants"(atthispointtherewereseveralLatinquotations).

           "To-day,gentlemen,itisnotamanwhohastobesacrificed,itisParis.Whatistheuseofarmingyourfivehundredmenineachdepartment,ahazardousandinterminableenterprise?WhatisthegoodofinvolvingFranceinamatterwhichispersonaltoParis?Parisalonehasdonetheevil,withitsjournalsanditsalons.LetthenewBabylonperish.

           "WemustbringtoanendtheconflictbetweenthechurchandParis.Suchacatastrophewouldevenbeintheworldlyinterestsofthethrone.WhydidnotParisdaretowhisperawordunderBuonaparte?AskthecannonofSaint-Roch?"

           JuliendidnotleavewithM.delaMolebeforethreeo’clockinthemorning.

           Themarquisseemedtiredandashamed.ForthefirsttimeinhislifeinconversationwithJulien,histonewasplaintive.

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