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A Small Town

           Thelittlepiecesofironwhicharerapidlytransformedintonailsbytheseenormoushammers,areputinpositionbyfreshprettyyounggirls.ThislaboursoroughatfirstsightisoneoftheindustrieswhichmostsurprisesthetravellerwhopenetratesforthefirsttimethemountainswhichseparateFranceandHelvetia.IfwhenheentersVerrières,thetravelleraskswhoownsthisfinenailfactorywhichdeafenseverybodywhogoesuptheGrande-Rue,heisansweredinadrawlingtone"Eh!itbelongstoM.theMayor."

           AndifthetravellerstopsafewminutesinthatGrande-RueofVerrièreswhichgoesonanupwardinclinefromthebankoftheDoubstonearlyasfarasthesummitofthehill,itisahundredtoonethathewillseeabigmanwithabusyandimportantair.

           Whenhecomesinsightallhatsarequicklytakenoff.Hishairisgrizzledandheisdressedingrey.HeisaKnightofseveralOrders,hasalargeforeheadandanaquilinenose,andifyoutakehimallround,hisfeaturesarenotdevoidofcertainregularity.Onemighteventhinkonthefirstinspectionthatitcombineswiththedignityofthevillagemayorthatparticularkindofcomfortablenesswhichisappropriatetotheageofforty-eightorfifty.ButsoonthetravellerfromPariswillbeshockedbyacertainairofself-satisfactionandself-complacencymingledwithanalmostindefinablenarrownessandlackofinspiration.Onerealisesatlastthatthisman’stalentislimitedtoseeingthatheispaidexactlywhatheisowed,andinpayinghisowndebtsatthelatestpossiblemoment.

           SuchisM.deRênal,themayorofVerrières.

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