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A Plot

           Healwaysmanagestosaysomethingwittyandcleverjustatthepsychologicalmoment."

           Julienexperiencedadelightfulminute.Hewaswanderingatrandominthegarden,madwithhappiness.

           Afterwardshewentuptohisdesk,andhadhimselfusheredintothemarquisdelaMole,whowasfortunatelystillin.HeshowedhimseveralstampedpaperswhichhadcomefromNormandy,andhadnodifficultyinconvincinghimthathewasobligedtoputoffhisdepartureforLanguedocinordertolookaftertheNormandylawsuits.

           "Iamverygladthatyouarenotgoing,"saidthemarquistohim,whentheyhadfinishedtalkingbusiness."Ilikeseeingyou."Julienwentout;thewordsirritatedhim.

           "AndIIamgoingtoseducehisdaughter!andperhapsrenderimpossiblethatmarriagewiththemarquisdeCroisenoistowhichthemarquislooksforwardwithsuchdelight.Ifhedoesnotgetmadeaduke,atanyratehisdaughterwillhaveacoronet."JulienthoughtofleavingforLanguedocinspiteofMathilde’sletter,andinspiteoftheexplanationhehadjustgiventothemarquis.Thisflashofvirtuequicklydisappeared.

           "Howkinditisofme,"hesaidtohimself,"me...aplebeian,takespityonafamilyofthisrank!Yes,me,whomthedukeofChaulnescallsaservant!Howdoesthemarquismanagetoincreasehisimmensefortune?Bysellingstockwhenhepicksupinformationatthecastlethattherewillbeapanicofacoupd’étatonthefollowingday.

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