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Exit Julien

           deCroisenoisdemandedsuchunqualifiedsatisfaction,thatthemillionairepreferredtofightaduel.Stupiditytriumphed,andoneofthemostlovableofmenmetwithhisdeathbeforehewastwenty-four.

           ThisdeathproducedastrangeandmorbidimpressiononJulien’sdemoralisedsoul.

           "PoorCroisenois,"hesaidtoMathilde,"reallybehavedveryreasonablyandveryhonourablytowardsus;hehadamplegroundforhatingmeandpickingaquarrelwithme,byreasonofyourindiscretioninyourmother’ssalon;forthehatredwhichfollowsoncontemptisusuallyfrenzied."

           M.deCroisenois’deathchangedallJulien’sideasconcerningMathilde’sfuture.HespentseveraldaysinprovingtoherthatsheoughttoacceptthehandofM.deLuz."Heisanervousman,nottoomuchofaJesuit,andwilldoubtlessbeacandidate,"hesaidtoher."HehasamoresinisterandperseveringambitionthanpoorCroisenois,andastherehasneverbeenadukedominhisfamily,hewillbeonlytoogladtomarryJulienSorel’swidow."

           "Awidow,though,whoscornsthegrandpassions,"answeredMathildecoldly,"forshehaslivedlongenoughtoseeherloverprefertoheraftersixmonthsanotherwomanwhowastheoriginofalltheirunhappiness."

           "Youareunjust!MadamedeRênal’svisitswillfurnishmyadvocateatParis,whoisendeavouringtoprocuremypardon,withthesubjectmatterforsomesensationalphrases;hewilldepictthemurdererhonouredbytheattentionofhisvictim.Thatmayproduceanimpression,andperhapssomedayorother,youwillseemeprovidetheplotofsomemelodramaorother,etc.,etc.

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