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The Hotel de La Mole

           delaMole’ssalon(forhewasmentionedforaplaceintheministry).Ifhehadnotyetanysubtletyofperceptionhemadeupforitasonewillseebytheenergyofhiswords.

           "Whynotsentencethatmantotenyears’imprisonment,"hewassayingatthemomentwhenJulienapproachedhisknot."Thosereptilesshouldbeconfinedinthebottomofadungeon,theyoughttolanguishtodeathingaol,otherwisetheirvenomwillgrowandbecomemoredangerous.Whatisthegoodofsentencinghimtoafineofathousandcrowns?Heispoor,sobeit,allthebetter,buthispartywillpayforhim.Whatthecaserequiredwasafivehundredfrancsfineandtenyearsinadungeon."

           "Welltobesure,whoisthemonstertheyarespeakingabout?"thoughtJulienwhowasviewingwithamazementthevehementtoneandhystericalgesturesofhiscolleague.Atthismomentthethin,drawn,littlefaceoftheacademician’snephewwashideous.Juliensoonlearntthattheyweretalkingofthegreatestpoetofthecentury.

           "Youmonster,"Julienexclaimedhalfaloud,whiletearsofgenerositymoistenedhiseyes."Youlittlerascal,"hethought,"Iwillpayyououtforthis."

           "Yet,"hethought,"thosearetheunbornhopesofthepartyofwhichthemarquisisoneofthechiefs.HowmanycrossesandhowmanysinecureswouldthatcelebratedmanwhomheisnowdefaminghaveaccumulatedifhehadsoldhimselfIwon’tsaytothemediocreministryofM.deNervalbuttooneofthosereasonablyhonestministrieswhichwehaveseenfolloweachotherinsuccession."

           TheabbéPirardmotionedtoJulienfromsomedistanceoff;M.

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