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Driving a Bargain

           Hehadtakeneverythingtoayoungwood-merchantnamedFouqué,whowasafriendofhis,andwholivedinthehighmountainwhichcommandsVerrières.

           "Godknows,youdamnedlazybones,"saidhisfathertohimwhenhere-appeared,"ifyouwilleverbesufficientlyhonourabletopaymebackthepriceofyourboardwhichIhavebeenadvancingtoyouforsomanyyears.TakeyourragsandclearouttoM.theMayor’s."

           Julienwasastonishedatnotbeingbeatenandhastenedtoleave.Hehadscarcelygotoutofsightofhisterriblefatherwhenheslackenedhispace.Heconsideredthatitwouldassisttherôleplayedbyhishypocrisytogoandsayaprayerinthechurch.

           Thewordhypocrisysurprisesyou?Thesoulofthepeasanthadhadtogothroughagreatdealbeforearrivingatthishorribleword.

           JulienhadseeninthedaysofhisearlychildhoodcertainDragoonsofthe6thwithlongwhitecloaksandhatscoveredwithlongblackplumedhelmetswhowerereturningfromItaly,andtieduptheirhorsestothegrilledwindowofhisfather’shouse.Thesighthadmadehimmadonthemilitaryprofession.LateronhehadlistenedwithecstasytothenarrationsofthebattlesofLodi,ArcolaandRivoliwithwhichtheoldsurgeon-majorhadregaledhim.Heobservedtheardentgazewhichtheoldmanusedtodirecttowardshiscross.

           ButwhenJulienwasfourteenyearsofagetheycommencedtobuildachurchatVerrièreswhich,inviewofthesmallnessofthetown,hassomeclaimtobecalledmagnificent.Therewerefourmarblecolumnsinparticular,thesightofwhichimpressedJulien.

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