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The First Step

           

           Atthetimeoftheexaminations,itwasperhapsnearlytwomonthssincehehadspokentoJulien,andnevertheless,hewasillforeightdayswhen,onreceiptoftheofficialletterannouncingtheresultofthecompetition,hesawthenumber198placedbesidethenameofthatpupilwhomheregardedasthegloryofhistown.ThissterncharacterfoundhisonlyconsolationinconcentratingallhissurveillanceonJulien.Hewasdelightedthathediscoveredinhimneitheranger,norvindictiveness,nordiscouragement.

           Julienfeltathrillsomemonthsafterwardswhenhereceivedaletter.ItboretheParispost-mark.MadamedeRênalisrememberingherpromisesatlast,hethought.AgentlemanwhosignedhimselfPaulSorel,andwhosaidthathewashisrelative,senthimaletterofcreditforfivehundredfrancs.ThewriterwentontoaddthatifJulienwentontostudysuccessfullythegoodLatinauthors,asimilarsumwouldbesenttohimeveryyear.

           "Itisshe.Itisherkindness,"saidJulientohimself,feelingquiteovercome."Shewishestoconsoleme.Butwhynotasinglewordofaffection?"

           Hewasmakingamistakeinregardtothisletter,forMadamedeRênal,undertheinfluenceofherfriend,MadameDerville,wasabandoningherselfabsolutelytoprofoundremorse.Shewouldoftenthink,inspiteofherself,ofthatsingularbeing,themeetingwithwhomhadrevolutionizedherlife.Butshecarefullyrefrainedfromwritingtohim.

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