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           "ShallIbelookeduponasungrateful,"saidJulien,"ifIreturntomylittlecellNumber108whenIfindthatallthisnolongersuitsme?"

           "Allthetoadiesofthehousewillnodoubtcalumniateyou,"saidtheabbé,"butImyselfwillcometotherescue.Adsumquifeci.IwillsaythatIamresponsibleforthatresolution."

           JulienwasoverwhelmedbythebitterandalmostvindictivetonewhichhenoticedinM.Pirard;thattonecompletelyinfectedhislastanswer.

           ThefactisthattheabbéhadaconscientiousscrupleaboutlovingJulien,anditwaswithakindofreligiousfearthathetooksodirectapartinanother’slife.

           "Youwillalsosee,"headdedwiththesamebadgrace,asthoughaccomplishingapainfulduty,"youalsowillseeMadamethemarquisedeLaMole.Sheisabigblondewomanaboutforty,devout,perfectlypolite,andevenmoreinsignificant.SheisthedaughteroftheoldDukedeChaulnessowellknownforhisaristocraticprejudices.Thisgreatladyisakindofsynopsisinhighreliefofallthefundamentalcharacteristicsofwomenofherrank.Shedoesnotconcealforherownpartthatthepossessionofancestorswhowentthroughthecrusadesisthesoleadvantagewhichsherespects.Moneyonlycomesalongwayafterwards.Doesthatastonishyou?Wearenolongerintheprovinces,myfriend.

           "Youwillseemanygreatlordsinhersalontalkaboutourprincesinatoneofsingularflippancy.AsforMadamedelaMole,shelowershervoiceoutofrespecteverytimeshementionsthenameofaPrince,andaboveallthenameofaPrincess.IwouldnotadviseyoutosayinherhearingthatPhilipII.

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