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Boredom

           Heroldporternoticedthatwheneverhebroughtaletterfromthishandsomeyoungman,whoalwayslookedsosad,hewascertaintoseethatabsent,discontentedexpression,whichthemaréchalealwaysmadeapointofassumingontheentryofanyofherservants,immediatelydisappear.Theboredomofamodeoflifewhoseambitionswereconcentratedonimpressingthepublicwithoutherhavingatheartanyrealfacultyofenjoymentforthatkindofsuccess,hadbecomesointolerablesinceshehadbeguntothinkofJulienthat,allthatwasnecessarytopreventherchambermaidsbeingbulliedforawholeday,wasthattheirmistressshouldhavepassedanhourinthesocietyofthisstrangeyoungmanontheeveningoftheprecedingday.Hisbuddingcreditwasproofagainstverycleverlywrittenanonymousletters.ItwasinvainthatTanbeausuppliedM.deLuz,deCroisenois,deCaylus,withtwoorthreeveryclevercalumnieswhichthesegentlemenwereonlytoogladtospread,withoutmakingtoomanyenquiriesoftheactualtruthofthecharges.Themaréchale,whosetemperamentwasnotcalculatedtobeproofagainstthesevulgarexpedientsrelatedherdoubtstoMathilde,andwasalwaysconsoledbyher.

           Oneday,madamedeFervaques,afterhavingaskedthreetimesiftherewereanylettersforher,suddenlydecidedtoanswerJulien.Itwasacaseofthetriumphofennui.OnreachingthesecondletterinhisnamethemaréchalealmostfeltherselfpulledupsharpbytheunbecomingnessofwritingwithherownhandsovulgaranaddressastoM.Sorel,careofM.leMarquisdelaMole.

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