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The Ball

           

           "Theywerehaughty,talkativechildrenjustlikeIam!"hesuddenlyexclaimedasthoughwakingupwithastart.

           "WhatdifficultyhaveIsurmountedthatentitlesmetojudgesuchdevilswho,oncealive,daredtobegintoact.Iamlikeamanwhoexclaimsatthecloseofameal,’Iwon’tdineto-morrow;butthatwon’tpreventmefromfeelingasstrongandmerrylikeIdoto-day.’Whoknowswhatonefeelswhenoneishalf-waythroughagreataction?"

           TheseloftythoughtsweredisturbedbytheunexpectedarrivalinthelibraryofmademoiselledelaMole.HewassoanimatedbyhisadmirationforthegreatqualitiesofsuchinvinciblesasDanton,Mirabeau,andCarnotthat,thoughhefixedhiseyesonmademoiselledelaMole,heneithergaveherathoughtnorbowedtoher,andscarcelyevensawher.Whenfinallyhisbig,openeyesrealizedherpresence,theirexpressionvanished.MademoiselledelaMolenoticeditwithbitterness.

           ItwasinvainthatsheaskedhimforVély’sHistoryofFrancewhichwasonthehighestshelf,andthusnecessitatedJuliengoingtofetchthelongerofthetwoladders.Julienhadbroughttheladderandhadfetchedthevolumeandgivenittoher,buthadnotyetbeenabletogiveherasinglethought.Ashewastakingtheladderbackhehitinhishurryoneoftheglasspanesinthelibrarywithhiselbow;thenoiseoftheglassfallingonthefloorfinallybroughthimtohimself.HehastenedtoapologisetomademoiselledelaMole.Hetriedtobepoliteandwascertainlynothingmore.

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