Красное и черное

The Torment of the Weak

           

           Heransackedhismemoryandhisimaginationforallthevariationsofknaveryandduplicitywhichhadbeenfeasibleinhisyouth.Yieldingtonecessityandhavingfearofthelawseemedabsurdandhumiliatingforamaninhisposition.Hewaspayingdearlynowfortheluxuryofthoseenchantingdreamsconcerningthefutureofhischerisheddaughterinwhichhehadindulgedforthelasttenyears.

           "Whocouldhaveanticipatedit?"hesaidtohimself."Agirlofsoproudacharacter,ofsoloftyadisposition,whoisevenprouderthanIamofthenameshebears?AgirlwhosehandhasalreadybeenaskedforbyallthecreamofthenobilityofFrance."

           "Wemustgiveupallfaithinprudence.Thisageismadetoconfoundeverything.Wearemarchingtowardschaos."

           

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