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Manners and Customs in 1830

           Asamatteroffactnoonehadyetgivenhimanyinklingastothemoreoffensivepartofthepublicgossip.ThoseitemswhichhadbeenrepeatedtoM.themayordealtexclusivelywiththequestionofwhetherJulienwouldremainwithhimwithsixhundredfrancs,orwouldaccepttheeighthundredfrancsofferedbyM.thedirectoroftheworkhouse.

           Thedirector,whenhemetM.deRênalinsociety,gavehimthecoldshoulder.Thesetacticswerenotwithoutcleverness.Thereisnoimpulsivenessintheprovinces.Sensationsaresoraretherethattheyareneverallowedtobewasted.

           M.leValenodwaswhatiscalledahundredmilesfromParisafaraud;thatmeansacoarseimprudenttypeofman.Histriumphantexistencesince1815hadconsolidatedhisnaturalqualities.Hereigned,sotosay,inVerrièressubjecttotheordersofM.deRênal;butashewasmuchmoreenergetic,wasashamedofnothing,hadafingerineverything,andwasalwaysgoingaboutwritingandspeaking,andwasobliviousofallsnubs,hehad,althoughwithoutanypersonalpretensions,eventuallycometoequalthemayorinreputationintheeyesoftheecclesiasticalauthorities.M.Valenodhad,asitwere,saidtothelocaltradesmen"Givemethetwobiggestfoolsamongyournumber;"tothemenoflaw"Showmethetwogreatestdunces;"tothesanitaryofficials"Pointouttomethetwobiggestcharlatans."Whenhehadthuscollectedthemostimpudentmembersofeachseparatecalling,hehadpracticallysaidtothem,"Letusreigntogether."

           ThemannersofthosepeoplewereoffensivetoM.deRênal.

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