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Cock-crow

           

           WhenJuliencameoutofMadamedeRênal’sroomsomehoursafterwards,onecouldhavesaid,adoptingtheconventionallanguageofthenovel,thattherewasnothinglefttobedesired.Infact,heowedtothelovehehadinspired,andtotheunexpectedimpressionwhichheralluringcharmshadproduceduponhim,avictorytowhichhisownclumsytacticswouldneverhaveledhim.

           Butvictimthathewasofadistortedpride,hepretendedeveninthesweetestmomentstoplaytheroleofamanaccustomedtothesubjugationofwomen:hemadeincrediblebutdeliberateeffortstospoilhisnaturalcharm.Insteadofwatchingthetransportswhichhewasbringingintoexistence,andthosepangsofremorsewhichonlysettheirkeennessintofullerrelief,theideaofdutywascontinuallybeforehiseyes.Hefearedafrightfulremorse,andeternalridicule,ifhedepartedfromtheidealmodelheproposedtofollow.Inaword,theveryqualitywhichmadeJulienintoasuperiorbeingwaspreciselythatwhichpreventedhimfromsavouringthehappinesswhichwasplacedwithinhisgrasp.It’slikethecaseofayounggirlofsixteenwithacharmingcomplexionwhoismadenoughtoputonrougebeforegoingtoaball.

           MortallyterrifiedbytheapparitionofJulien,MadamedeRênalwassoonapreytothemostcruelalarm.TheprayersanddespairofJulientroubledherkeenly.

           EvenwhentherewasnothingleftforhertorefusehimshepushedJulienawayfromherwithagenuineindignation,andstraightwaythrewherselfintohisarms.Therewasnoplanapparentinallthisconduct

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