Красное и черное

The Trial

           

           Buthisattentionwassoonengrossedbytwelveorfifteenprettywomen,whosatexactlyoppositetheprisoner’sseatandfilledthethreebalconiesabovethejudgesandthejury.Asheturnedroundtowardsthepublic,hesawthatthecirculargallerythatdominatedtheamphitheatrewasfilledwithwomen,themajoritywereyoungandseemedverypretty,theireyeswereshiningandfullofinterest.Thecrowdwasenormousthroughouttherestoftheroom.Peoplewereknockingagainstthedoor,andthejanitorscouldnotobtainsilence.

           WhenalltheeyesthatwerelookingforJulienobservedwherehewas,andsawhimoccupyingtheslightlyraisedplacewhichisreservedfortheprisoner,hewasgreetedbyamurmurofastonishmentandtenderinterest.

           Youwouldhavetakenhimforundertwentyonthisday.Hewasdressedverysimply,butwithaperfectgrace.Hishairandhisforeheadwerecharming.Mathildehadinsistedonofficiatingpersonallyathistoilette.Julien’spallorwasextreme.Scarcelywasheseatedinthisplacethanheheardpeoplesayallovertheroom,"Greatheavens!howyoungheis!...Buthe’squiteachild!...Heismuchbetterthanhisportrait."

           "Prisoner,"saidthegendarmewhowassittingonhisright,"doyouseethosesixladiesinthatbalcony?"Thegendarmepointedoutalittlegallerythatjuttedoutovertheamphitheatrewherethejurywereplaced."That’smadame,theprefect’swife,"continuedthegendarme."Nexttoher,madamethemarquisedeM.Shelikesyouwell:Ihaveheardherspeaktothejudgeoffirstinstance.NexttoherismadameDerville.

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