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Elective Affinities

           deRênal’spresence,aboutabookwhichhadbeenadvertisedintheQuotidienne.

           "InordertopreventtheJacobinPartyhavingtheslightestpretextforascore,"saidtheyoungtutor,"andyetgivemethemeansofansweringM.deAdolphe’squestion,youcanmakeyourmostmenialservanttakeoutasubscriptionatthebooksellers."

           "That’snotabadidea,"saidM.deRênal,whowasobviouslyverydelighted.

           "Youwillhavetostipulateallthesame,"saidJulieninthatsolemnandalmostmelancholymannerwhichsuitssomepeoplesowellwhentheyseetherealizationofmatterswhichtheyhavedesiredforalongtimepast,"youwillhavetostipulatethattheservantshouldnottakeoutanynovels.Thosedangerousbooks,oncetheygotintothehouse,mightcorruptMadamedeRênal’smaids,andeventheservanthimself."

           "Youareforgettingthepoliticalpamphlets,"wentonM.deRênalwithanimportantair.Hewasanxioustoconcealtheadmirationwithwhichthecunning"middlecourse"devisedbyhischildren’stutorhadfilledhim.

           InthiswayJulien’slifewasmadeupofaseriesoflittleactsofdiplomacy,andtheirsuccessgavehimfarmorefoodforthoughtthanthemarkedmanifestationoffavouritismwhichhecouldhavereadatanytimeinMadamedeRênal’sheart,hadhesowished.

           ThepsychologicalpositioninwhichhehadfoundhimselfallhislifewasrenewedagaininthemayorofVerrières’house.Hereinthesamewayasathisfather’ssaw-mill,hedeeplydespisedthepeoplewithwhomhelived,andwashatedbythem.Hesaweverydayintheconversationofthesub-perfect,M.

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