The Seminary

           

           Threehundredandthirty-sixdinnersateighty-fivecentimes.Threehundredandthirty-sixsuppersatfiftycentimes.Chocolatetothosewhoareentitledtoit.Howmuchprofitcanbemadeonthecontract?ValenodofBesançon.

           Hesawinthedistancetheirongiltcrossonthedoor.Heapproachedslowly.Hislegsseemedtogivewaybeneathhim."SohereisthishelluponearthwhichIshallbeunabletoleave."

           Finallyhemadeuphismindtoring.Thenoiseofthebellreverberatedasthoughthroughasolitude.Attheendoftenminutesapaleman,clothedinblack,cameandopenedthedoor.Julienlookedathim,andimmediatelyloweredhiseyes.Thisporterhadasingularphysiognomy.Thegreenprojectingpupilsofhiseyeswereasroundasthoseofacat.Thestraightlinesofhiseyebrowsbetokenedtheimpossibilityofanysympathy.Histhinlipscameroundinasemicircleoverprojectingteeth.Nonetheless,hisphysiognomydidnotsomuchbetokencrimeasratherthatperfectcallousnesswhichissomuchmoreterrifyingtotheyoung.TheonesentimentwhichJulien’srapidgazesurmisedinthislonganddevoutfacewasaprofoundcontemptforeverytopicofconversationwhichdidnotdealwiththingscelestial.Julienraisedhiseyeswithaneffort,andinavoicerenderedquaveringbythebeatingofhisheartexplainedthathedesiredtospeaktoM.Pirard,thedirectoroftheSeminary.Withoutsayingawordthemaninblacksignedtohimtofollow.Theyascendedtwostoriesbyalargestaircasewithawoodenrail,whosewarpedstairsinclinedtothesideoppositethewall,andseemedonthepointoffalling.

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