Красное и черное

Intrigue

           WhatwouldhehavefeltifhehadknownofallthemadideaswithwhichMathildeoverwhelmedthedevotedbuteminentlylogicalandlimitedspiritofthegoodFouqué?

           HedidnotknowwhattofindfaultwithinMathilde’sdevotion.Forhe,too,wouldhavesacrificedallhisfortune,andhaveexposedhislifetothegreatestrisksinordertosaveJulien.HewasdumbfoundedbythequantityofgoldwhichMathildeflungaway.DuringthefirstdaysFouqué,whohadalltheprovincial’srespectformoney,wasmuchimpressedbythesumsshespentinthisway.

           HeatlastdiscoveredthatmademoiselledelaMole’sprojectsfrequentlyvaried,andhewasgreatlyrelievedatfindingawordwithwhichtoexpresshisblameforacharacterwhomhefoundsoexhausting.Shewaschangeable.Thereisonlyastepfromthisepithettothatofwrong-headed,thegreatesttermofopprobriumknowntotheprovinces.

           "Itissingular,"saidJulientohimself,asMathildewasgoingoutofhisprisononeday,"thatIshouldbesoinsensibleatbeingtheobjectofsokeenapassion!AndtwomonthsagoIadoredher!Ihave,ofcourse,readthattheapproachofdeathmakesoneloseinterestineverything,butitisawfultofeeloneselfungrateful,andnottobeabletochange.AmIanegoist,then?"Headdressedthemosthumiliatingreproachestohimselfonthisscore.

           Ambitionwasdeadinhisheart;anotherpassionhadarisenfromitsashes.HecalleditremorseathavingassassinatedmadamedeRênal.

           Asamatteroffact,helovedhertothepointofdistraction.

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