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The Office of Virtue

           WhateverprogresspietyandgravitymaymakeFrancewillalwayshaveacabaretliterature.

           "’Becareful,’IsaidtomadamedeFervaqueswhenshehadsucceededindeprivingtheauthor,apoordevilonhalf-pay,ofaplacewortheighteenhundredfrancsayear,’youhaveattackedthisrhymsterwithyourownarms,hemayansweryouwithhisrhymes;hewillmakeasongaboutvirtue.Thegildedsalonswillbeonyourside;butpeoplewholiketolaughwillrepeathisepigrams.’Doyouknow,monsieur,whatthemaréchaleanswered?’LetallPariscomeandseemewalkingtomymartyrdomforthesakeoftheLord.ItwillbeanewspectacleforFrance.Thepeoplewilllearntorespectthequality.Itwillbethefinestdayofmylife.’Hereyesneverlookedfiner."

           "Andshehassuperbones,"exclaimedJulien.

           "Iseethatyouareinlove.Further,"wentonDonDiegoBustosgravely,"shehasnotthebiliousconstitutionwhichcausesvindictiveness.If,however,shelikestodoharm,itisbecausesheisunhappy,Isuspectsomesecretmisfortune.Mayitnotbequitewellacaseofprudetiredofherrôle?"

           TheSpaniardlookedathiminsilenceforagoodminute.

           "That’sthewholepoint,"headdedgravely,"andthat’swhatmaygiveyougroundforsomehope.IhaveoftenreflectedaboutitduringthetwoyearsthatIwasherveryhumbleservant.Allyourfuture,myamoroussir,dependsonthisgreatproblem.

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