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The Best Positions in the Church

           

           ThesalonwasextremelymagnificentanddecoratedlikethegallerydeDianeintheTuilerieswithpanelledoil-paintings.

           Thereweresomelightspotsonthesepictures.Julienlearntlaterthatthemistressofthehousehadthoughtthesubjectsomewhatlackingindecencyandthatshehadhadthepicturescorrected."Whatamoralcentury!"hethought.

           Henoticedinthissalonthreeofthepersonswhohadbeenpresentatthedrawingupofthesecretnote.Oneofthem,mylordbishopof----themaréchale’sunclehadthedispositionoftheecclesiasticalpatronage,andcould,itwassaid,refusehisniecenothing."WhatimmenseprogressIhavemade,"saidJulientohimselfwithamelancholysmile,"andhowindifferentIamtoit.HereIamdiningwiththefamousbishopof."

           Thedinnerwasmediocreandtheconversationwearisome.

           "It’slikethesmalltalkinabadbook,"thoughtJulien."Allthegreatestsubjectsofhumanthoughtareproudlytackled.Afterlisteningforthreeminutesoneasksoneselfwhichisgreaterthespeaker’sbombast,orhisabominableignorance?"

           ThereaderhasdoubtlessforgottenthelittlemanoflettersnamedTanbeau,whowasthenephewoftheAcademician,andintendedtobeprofessor,whoseemedentrustedwiththetaskofpoisoningthesalonoftheHôteldelaMolewithhisbasecalumnies.

           ItwasthislittlemanwhogaveJulienthefirstinklingthatthough,madamedeFervaquesdidnotanswer,shemightquitewelltakeanindulgentviewofthesentimentwhichdictatedthem.M

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