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A King at Verrieres

           "Go,Monsieur,andadvisetheseniorandthegentlemenofthechapter."

           SoonM.Chélan,followedbythetwooldestcurés,enteredbyabigmagnificentlysculptureddoor,whichJulienhadnotpreviouslynoticed.Butthistimeheremainedinhisplacequiteattheback,andwasonlyabletoseethebishopovertheshouldersofecclesiasticswhowerepressingatthedoorincrowds.

           Thebishopbeganslowlytotraversethehall.Whenhereachedthethreshold,thecurésformedthemselvesintoaprocession.Afterashortmomentofconfusion,theprocessionbegantomarchintoningthepsalm.Thebishop,whowasbetweenM.Chélanandaveryoldcuré,wasthelasttoadvance.JulienbeinginattendanceontheabbéChélanmanagedtogetquitenearMonseigneur.TheyfollowedthelongcorridorsoftheabbeyofBray-le-Haut.Inspiteofthebrilliantsuntheyweredarkanddamp.Theyarrivedfinallyattheporticoofthecloister.Julienwasdumbfoundedwithadmirationforsofineaceremony.Hisemotionsweredividedbetweenthoughtsofhisownambitionwhichhadbeenreawakenedbythebishop’syouthandthoughtsofthelatter’srefinementandexquisitepoliteness.ThispolitenesswasquitedifferenttothatofM.deRênal,evenonhisgooddays."Thehigheryouliftyourselftowardsthefirstrankofsociety,"saidJulientohimself,"themorecharmingmannersyoufind."

           Theyenteredthechurchbyasidedoor;suddenlyanawfulnoisemadetheancientwallsecho.Julienthoughttheyweregoingtocrumble.Itwasthelittlepieceofartilleryagain.Ithadbeendrawnatagallopbyeighthorsesandhadjustarrived.

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