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           ButwherewillyoubeifIchoosetopushyoutoextremitiesandammischievousenoughtomakeJulien’sfatheraSpanishduke,whowasaprisonerofwaratBesançoninthetimeofNapoleon,andwhooutofconscientiousscruplesacknowledgeshimonhisdeathbed?"MM.deCaylus,anddeCroisenoisfoundalltheseassumptionsofillegitimacyinratherbadtaste.ThatwasalltheysawinMathilde’sreasoning.

           Hissister’swordsweresoclearthatNorbert,inspiteofhissubmissiveness,assumedasolemnair,whichonemustadmitdidnotharmoniseverywellwithhisamiable,smilingface.Heventuredtosayafewwords.

           "Areyouill?mydear,"answeredMathildewithalittleairofseriousness."Youmustbeverybadtoanswerjestsbymoralizing."

           "Moralizingfromyou!Areyousolicitingajobasprefect?"

           MathildesoonforgottheirritationofthecomtedeCaylus,thebadtemperofNorbert,andthetaciturndespairofM.deCroisenois.Shehadtodecideonewayortheotherafatalquestionwhichhadjustseizeduponhersoul.

           "Julienissincereenoughwithme,"shesaidtoherself,"amanathisage,inainferiorposition,andrenderedunhappyasheisbyanextraordinaryambition,musthaveneedofawomanfriend.Iamperhapsthatfriend,butIseenosignofloveinhim.Takingintoaccounttheaudacityofhischaracterhewouldsurelyhavespokentomeabouthislove.

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