Красное и черное

The Tiger

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           "Haveyounoticedthatlittlemonster’sexpression?"hesaidtoher.

           "Hisunclehasbeeninattendanceinthissalonfortenortwelveyears,otherwiseIwouldhavehadhimpackedoffimmediately."

           HerbehaviourtowardsMM.deCroisenois,deLuz,etc.,thoughoutwardlyperfectlypolite,wasinrealityscarcelylessprovocative.MathildekeenlyreproachedherselfforalltheconfidentialremarksaboutthemwhichshehadformerlymadetoJulien,andallthemoresosinceshedidnotdaretoconfessthatshehadexaggeratedtohimthe,infact,almostabsolutelyinnocentmanifestationsofinterestofwhichthesegentlemenhadbeentheobjects.InspiteofherbestresolutionsherwomanlyprideinvariablypreventedherfromsayingtoJulien,"ItwasbecauseIwastalkingtoyouthatIfoundapleasureindescribingmyweaknessinnotdrawingmyhandaway,whenM.deCroisenoishadplacedhisonamarbletableandhadjusttouchedit."

           Butnow,assoonasoneofthesegentlemenhadbeenspeakingtoherforsomemoments,shefoundshehadaquestiontoputtoJulien,andshemadethisanexcuseforkeepinghimbyherside.

           ShediscoveredthatshewasenceinteandjoyfullyinformedJulienofthefact.

           "Doyoudoubtmenow?Isitnotaguarantee?Iamyourwifeforever."

           ThisannouncementstruckJulienwithprofoundastonishment.Hewasonthepointofforgettingthegoverningprincipleofhisconduct.HowamItobedeliberatelycoldandinsultingtowardsthispooryounggirl,whoisruiningherselfformysake.

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