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Manners and Customs in 1830

           Itwasonlyaftertwolonghoursoffatuousgossipandlong-windedlamentationsaboutthewickednessofman,thelackofhonestyamongthepeopleentrustedwiththeadministrationofthepublicfunds,thedangersofhispoorFrance,etc.etc.,thatJulienwasatlastvouchsafedaglimpseoftheobjectofthevisit.Theywerealreadyonthelandingofthestaircaseandthepoorhalfdisgracedtutorwasescortingwithallproperdeferencethefutureprefectofsomeprosperousdepartment,whenthelatterwaspleasedtotakeaninterestinJulien’sfortune,topraisehismoderationinmoneymatters,etc.,etc.FinallyM.deMaugiron,embracinghiminthemostpaternalway,proposedthatheshouldleaveM.deRênalandenterthehouseholdofanofficialwhohadchildrentoeducateandwho,likeKingPhilippe,thankedHeavennotsomuchthattheyhadbeengrantedtohim,butforthefactthattheyhadbeenborninthesameneighbourhoodasM.Julien.Theirtutorwouldenjoyasalaryof800francs,payablenotfrommonthtomonth,whichisnotatallaristocratic,saidM.deMaugiron,butquarterlyandalwaysinadvance.

           ItwasJulien’sturnnow.Afterhehadbeenboredforanhourandahalfbywaitingforwhathehadtosay,hisanswerwasperfectand,aboveall,aslongasabishop’scharge.Itsuggestedeverythingandyetsaidnothingclearly.ItshowedatthesametimerespectforM.deRênal,venerationforthepublicofVerrièresandgratitudetothedistinguishedsub-prefect.Thesub-prefect,astonishedatfindinghimmoreJesuiticalthanhimself,triedinvaintoobtainsomethingdefinite.

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