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Driving a Bargain

           TheybecamecelebratedinthedistrictowingtothemortalhatewhichtheyraisedbetweentheJusticeofthePeaceandtheyoungvicarwhohadbeensentfromBesançonandwhopassedforaspyofthecongregation.TheJusticeofthePeacewasonthepointoflosinghisplace,sosaidthepublicopinionatanyrate.HadhenotdaredtohaveadifferencewiththepriestwhowenteveryfortnighttoBesançon;wherehesaw,sotheysaid,myLordtheBishop.

           InthemeanwhiletheJusticeofthePeace,whowasthefatherofanumerousfamily,gaveseveralsentenceswhichseemedunjust:allthesesentenceswereinflictedonthoseoftheinhabitantswhoreadthe"Constitutionnel."Therightpartytriumphed.Itistrueitwasonlyaquestionofsumsofthreeorfivefrancs,butoneoftheselittlefineshadtobepaidbyanail-maker,whowasgod-fathertoJulien.Thismanexclaimedinhisanger"Whatachange!andtothinkthatformorethantwentyyearstheJusticeofthePeacehaspassedforanhonestman."

           TheSurgeon-Major,Julien’sfriend,died.SuddenlyJulienleftofftalkingaboutNapoleon.Heannouncedhisintentionofbecomingapriest,andwasalwaystobeseeninhisfather’sworkshopoccupiedinlearningbyhearttheLatinBiblewhichthecuréhadlenthim.Thegoodoldmanwasastonishedathisprogress,andpassedwholeeveningsinteachinghimtheology.InhissocietyJuliendidnotmanifestotherthanpioussentiments.Whocouldnotpossiblyguessthatbeneaththisgirlishface,sopaleandsosweet,lurkedtheunbreakableresolutiontoriskathousanddeathsratherthanfailtomakehisfortune.

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