Червоне та чорне

The World, or What the Rich Lack

           Juliendiscoveredinnearlyallofthemaninnaterespectforthemanwhowearsasuitofgoodcloth.Thissentimentappreciatesthedistributivejustice,whichisgivenusatourcourts,atitsvalueorevenaboveitstruevalue."Whatcanonegain,"theywouldoftenrepeatamongthemselves,"byhavingalawsuitwith’abigman?’"

           ThatistheexpressioncurrentinthevalleysoftheJuratoexpressarichman.Onecanjudgeoftheirrespectfortherichestentityofallthegovernment.FailuretosmiledeferentiallyatthemerenameofM.thePrefectisregardedasanimprudenceintheeyesoftheFranche-Comtépeasant,andimprudenceinpoorpeopleisquicklypunishedbylackofbread.

           Afterhavingbeenalmostsuffocatedatfirstbyhisfeelingofcontempt,Julieneventuallyexperiencedafeelingofpity;itoftenhappenedthatthefathersofmostofhiscomradeswouldentertheirhovelinwintereveningsandfailtofindthereeitherbread,chestnutsorpotatoes.

           "Whatisthereastonishingthen?"Julienwouldsaytohimself,"ifintheireyesthehappymanisinthefirstplacetheonewhohasjusthadagooddinner,andinthesecondplacetheonewhopossessesagoodsuit?Mycomradeshavealastingvocation,thatistosay,theyseeintheecclesiasticalcallingalongcontinuanceofthehappinessofdiningwellandhavingawarmsuit."

           Julienhappenedtohearayoungimaginativeseminaristsaytohiscompanion.

           "Whyshouldn’tIbecomePopelikeSixtusQuintuswhokeptpigs?"

           "TheyonlymakeItaliansPopes,"answeredhisfriend.

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