Boredom

           

           Sacrificingone’sselftoone’spassions,letitpass;butsacrificingone’sselftopassionswhichonehasnotgot!Oh!melancholynineteenthcentury!

           Girodet.

           MadamedeFervaqueshadbegunreadingJulien’slongletterswithoutanypleasure,butshenowbegantothinkaboutthem;onething,however,grievedher."WhatapitythatM.Sorelwasnotarealpriest!Hecouldthenbeadmittedtoakindofintimacy;butinviewofthatcross,andthatalmostlaydress,oneisexposedtocruelquestionsandwhatisonetoanswer?"Shedidnotfinishthetrainofthought,"Somemaliciouswomanfriendmaythink,andevenspreaditaboutthatheissomelowermiddle-classcousinorother,arelativeofmyfather,sometradesmanwhohasbeendecoratedbytheNationalGuard."UptothetimewhichshehadseenJulien,madamedeFervaque’sgreatestpleasurehadbeenwritingthewordmaréchaleafterhername.Consequentlyamorbidparvenuvanity,whichwasreadytotakeumbrageateverything,combattedtheawakeningofherinterestinhim."Itwouldbesoeasyforme,"saidthemaréchale,"tomakehimagrandvicarinsomediocesenearParis!butplainM.Sorel,andwhatismore,amanwhoisthesecretaryofM.delaMole!Itisheart-breaking."

           Forthefirsttimeinherlifethissoul,whichwasafraidofeverything,wasmovedbyaninterestwhichwasalientoitsownpretensionstorankandsuperiority.

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