Червоне та чорне

The Clergy, their Forests, Liberty

           Heaskedhimforhiswordnevertorevealtheexcessesofzeal,thatwashisexpression,ofwhichchancehadjustmadehimawitness."Onlymentionittoourforeignfriend,ifheseriouslyinsistsonknowingwhatouryoungmadmenarelike.Whatdoesitmattertothemifastateisoverthrown,theywillbecomecardinalsandwilltakerefugeinRome.Asforus,weshallbemassacredbythepeasantsinourchâteaus."

           ThesecretnoteintowhichthemarquiscondensedJulien’sfullreportoftwenty-sixpageswasnotreadybeforeaquartertofive.

           "Iamdeadtired,"saidthemarquis,"asisquiteobviousfromthelackofclearnessattheendofthisnote;IammoredissatisfiedwithitthanwithanythingIeverdidinmywholelife.Lookhere,myfriend,"headded,"goandrestforsomehours,andasIamfrightenedyoumightbekidnapped,Ishalllockyouupinyourroom."

           ThemarquistookJulienonthefollowingdaytoalonelychâteauatagooddistancefromParis.TherewerestrangegueststherewhomJulienthoughtwerepriests.Hewasgivenapassportwhichwasmadeoutinafictitiousname,butindicatedtherealdestinationofhisjourney,whichhehadalwayspretendednottoknow.Hegotintoacarriagealone.

           Themarquishadnoanxietyonthescoreofhismemory.Julienhadrecitedthesecretnotetohimseveraltimesbuthewasveryapprehensiveofhisbeingintercepted.

           "Aboveall,mindyoulooklikeacoxcombwhoissimplytravellingtokilltime,"hesaidaffectionatelytohimwhenhewasleavingthesalon."Perhapstherewasmorethanonetreacherousbrotherinthisevening’smeeting.

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