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The Principal Deputy

           

           "Well,"saidJulien,"Isupposehe’sgoingtogotothatcornshopwhichwasonceachurch,andhasrecentlybeenrestoredtoreligion,butwhatishegoingtodothere?That’soneofthemysterieswhichIhaveneverbeenabletofathom."

           "It’saveryliteraryinstitution,butaverycuriousone,"answeredMadamedeRênal."Womenarenotadmittedtoit.AllIknowis,thateverybodyusesthesecondpersonsingular.Thisservant,forinstance,willgoandmeetM.Valenodthere,andthehaughtyprigwillnotbeabitoffendedathearinghimselfaddressedbySaint-Jeaninthatfamiliarway,andwillanswerhiminthesameway.Ifyouarekeenonknowingwhattakesplace,IwillaskM.deMaugironandM.Valenodfordetails.Wepaytwentyfrancsforeachservant,topreventtheircuttingourthroatsonefineday."

           Timeflew.Thememoryofhismistress’scharmsdistractedJulienfromhisblackambition.Thenecessityofrefrainingfrommentioninggloomyorintellectualtopicssincetheybothbelongedtoopposingparties,added,withouthissuspectingit,tothehappinesswhichheowedher,andtothedominionwhichsheacquiredoverhim.

           Ontheoccasionswhenthepresenceoftheprecociouschildrenreducedthemtospeakingthelanguageofcoldreason,Julienlookingatherwitheyessparklingwithlove,wouldlistenwithcompletedocilitytoherexplanationsoftheworldasitis.Frequently,inthemiddleofanaccountofsomecunningpieceofjobbery,withreferencetoaroadoracontract,MadamedeRênal’smindwouldsuddenlywandertotheverypointofdelirium.Julienfounditnecessarytoscoldher

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