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A Plot

           HewassoonquitecertainthatalthoughthenewbookswerehostiletotheinterestsofbothStateandChurch,theyveryquicklydisappeared.ItwascertainlynotNorbertwhoreadthem.

           Julienattachedundueimportancetothisdiscovery,andattributedtomademoiselledelaMoleaMachiavellianrôle.Thisseemingdepravityconstitutedacharminhiseyes,theonemoralcharm,infact,whichshepossessed.Hewasledintothisextravagancebyhisboredomwithhypocrisyandmoralplatitudes.

           Itwasmoreacaseofhisexcitinghisownimaginationthanofhisbeingsweptawaybyhislove.

           ItwasonlyafterhehadabandonedhimselftoreveriesabouttheeleganceofmademoiselledelaMole’sfigure,theexcellenttasteofhedress,thewhitenessofherhand,thebeautyofherarm,thedisinvolturaofallhermovements,thathebegantofindhimselfinlove.TheninordertocompletethecharmhethoughtheraCatherinede’Medici.Nothingwastoodeeportoocriminalforthecharacterwhichheascribedtoher.ShewastheidealoftheMaslons,theFrilairs,andtheCastanèdeswhomhehadadmiredsomuchinhisyouth.Toputitshortly,sherepresentedinhiseyestheParisideal.

           CouldanythingpossiblybemorehumorousthanbelievinginthedepthorinthedepravityoftheParisiancharacter?

           ItisimpossiblethatthistrioismakingfunofmethoughtJulien.ThereaderknowslittleofhischaracterifhehasnotbegunalreadytoimaginehiscoldandgloomyexpressionwhenheansweredMathilde’slooks.

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