Красное и черное

A Mayor

           Thesunisverywarminthesemountains.Whenitbeatsstraightdown,thepensivetravellerontheterracefindsshelterundersomemagnificentplanetrees.Theyowetheirrapidgrowthandtheirfineverdurewithitsalmostbluishshadetothenewsoil,whichM.themayorhashadplacedbehindhisimmensewallofsupportfor(inspiteoftheoppositionoftheMunicipalCouncil)hehasenlargedthepromenadebymorethansixfeet(andalthoughheisanUltraandIamaLiberal,Ipraisehimforit),andthatiswhybothinhisopinionandinthatofM.Valenod,thefortunateDirectoroftheworkhouseofVerrières,thisterracecanbrookcomparisonwiththatofSaint-GermainenLaye.

           IfindpersonallyonlyonethingatwhichtocavilintheCOURSDELAFIDELITE,(thisofficialnameistobereadinfifteentotwentyplacesonthoseimmortaltileswhichearnedM.deRênalanextracross.)ThegrievanceIfindintheCoursdelaFidélitéisthebarbarousmannerinwhichtheauthoritieshavecutthesevigorousplanetreesandclippedthemtothequick.Infacttheyreallyresemblewiththeirdwarfed,roundedandflattenedheadsthemostvulgarplantsofthevegetablegarden,whiletheyarereallycapableofattainingthemagnificentdevelopmentoftheEnglishplanetrees.ButthewishofM.themayorisdespotic,andallthetreesbelongingtothemunicipalityareruthlesslyprunedtwiceayear.ThelocalLiberalssuggest,buttheyareprobablyexaggerating,thatthehandoftheofficialgardenerhasbecomemuchmoresevere,sinceM.theVicarMaslonstartedappropriatingtheclippings.

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