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The Best Positions in the Church

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           Themonologuewhichwehavejustcondensedwasrepeatedforfifteendaysonend.FallingofftosleepashecopiedoutasortofcommentaryontheApocalypse,goingwithamelancholyexpressiontodeliveritthefollowingday,takinghishorsebacktothestableinthehopeofcatchingsightofMathilde’sdress,working,goingintheeveningtotheoperaonthoseeveningswhenmadamedeFervaquesdidnotcometotheHôteldelaMole,suchwerethemonotonouseventsinJulien’slife.Hislifehadmoreinterest,whenmadamelaFervaquesvisitedthemarquise;hecouldthencatchaglimpseofMathilde’seyesunderneathafeatherofthemaréchale’shat,andhewouldwaxeloquent.Hispicturesqueandsentimentalphrasesbegantoassumeastyle,whichwasbothmorestrikingandmoreelegant.

           HequiterealisedthatwhathesaidwasabsurdinMathilde’seyes,buthewishedtoimpressherbytheeleganceofhisdiction."ThefalsermyspeechesarethemoreIoughttoplease,"thoughtJulien,andhethenhadtheabominableaudacitytoexaggeratecertainelementsinhisowncharacter.Hesoonappreciatedthattoavoidappearingvulgarintheeyesofthemaréchaleitwasnecessarytoeschewsimpleandrationalideas.Hewouldcontinueontheselines,orwouldcutshorthisgrandeloquenceaccordingashesawappreciationorindifferenceintheeyesofthetwogreatladieswhomhehadsetouttoplease.

           Takingitallround,hislifewaslessawfulthanwhenhisdayswerepassedininaction.

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