Червоне та чорне

The World, or What the Rich Lack

           

           WhatpainsdidhenottaketoacquirethatfacialexpressionofblindlyferventfaithwhichisfoundsofrequentlyintheItalianconvents,andofwhichLeGuerchinhasleftsuchperfectmodelsinhisChurchpicturesforthebenefitofuslaymen.

           Onfeast-days,theseminaristswereregaledwithsausagesandcabbage.Julien’stableneighboursobservedthathedidnotappreciatethishappiness.Thatwaslookeduponasoneofhisparamountcrimes.Hiscomradessawinthisamostodioustrait,andthemostfoolishhypocrisy.Nothingmadehimmoreenemies.

           "Lookatthisbourgeois,lookatthisstuck-upperson,"theywouldsay,"whopretendstodespisethebestrationsthereare,sausagesandcabbage,shameonthevillain!Thehaughtywretch,heisdamnedforever."

           "Alas,theseyoungpeasants,whoaremycomrades,findtheirignoranceanimmenseadvantage,"Julienwouldexclaiminhismomentsofdiscouragement."TheprofessorhasnotgottodeliverthemontheirarrivalattheseminaryfromthatawfulnumberofworldlyideaswhichIbroughtintoit,andwhichtheyreadonmyfacewhateverIdo."

           Julienwatchedwithanattentionborderingonenvythecoarsestofthelittlepeasantswhoarrivedattheseminary.Fromthemomentwhentheyweremadetodofftheirshabbyjacketstodontheblackrobe,theireducationconsistedofanimmenseandlimitlessrespectforhardliquidcashastheysayinFranche-Comté.

           Thatistheconsecratedandheroicwayofexpressingthesublimeideaofcurrentmoney.

           Theseseminarists,liketheheroesinVoltaire’snovels,foundtheirhappinessindiningwell.

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