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Sensibility and a Pious Lady

           Julien’sself-respectwasneverwoundedattheHôteldelaMole,butheoftenfeltattheendofthedayasthoughhewouldliketocry.Acafé-waiterintheprovinceswilltakeaninterestinyouifyouhappentohavesomeaccidentasyouenterhiscafé,butifthisaccidenthaseverythingaboutitwhichisdisagreeabletoyourvanity,hewillrepeattentimesinsuccessiontheverywordwhichtorturesyou,ashetellsyouhowsorryheis.AtParistheymakeapointoflaughinginsecret,butyoualwaysremainastranger.

           WepassinsilenceoveranumberoflittleepisodeswhichwouldhavemadeJulienridiculous,ifhehadnotbeentosomeextentaboveridicule.Afoolishsensibilityresultedinhiscommittinginnumerableactsofbadtaste.Allhispleasureswereprecautions;hepracticedpistolshootingeveryday,hewasoneofthepromisingpupilsofthemostfamousmaîtresd’armes.Assoonashehadaninstanttohimself,insteadofemployingitinreadingashedidbefore,hewouldrushofftotheridingschoolandaskforthemostvicioushorses.Whenhewentoutwiththemasteroftheridingschoolhewasalmostinvariablythrown.

           Themarquisfoundhimconvenientbyreasonofhispersistentindustry,hissilenceandhisintelligence,andgraduallytookhimintohisconfidencewithregardtoallhisaffairs,whichwereinanywaydifficulttounravel.Themarquiswasasagaciousbusinessmanonallthoseoccasionswhenhisloftyambitiongavehimsomerespite;havingspecialinformationwithinhisreach,hewouldspeculatesuccessfullyontheExchange

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