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           Thefactwasthatthesamepowerfulimaginationwhichhadformerlybeencontinuouslyemployedinpaintingasuccessfulfutureinthemostbrilliantcolourshadnowbeentransformedintohisimplacableenemy.

           Theabsolutesolicitudeofatraveller’slifeincreasedtheascendancyofthissinisterimagination.Whataboonafriendwouldhavebeen!ButJuliensaidtohimself,"Isthereasingleheartwhichbeatswithaffectionforme?AndevenifIdidhaveafriend,wouldnothonourenjoinmetoeternalsilence?"

           HewasridinggloomilyintheoutskirtsofKehl;itisamarkettownonthebanksoftheRhineandimmortalisedbyDesaixandGouvionSaint-Cyr.AGermanpeasantshowedhimthelittlebrooks,roadsandislandsoftheRhine,whichhaveacquiredanamethroughthecourageofthesegreatgenerals.Julienwasguidinghishorsewithhislefthand,whileheheldunfoldedinhisrightthesuperbmapwhichadornstheMemoirsoftheMarshalSaintCyr.Amerryexclamationmadehimlifthishead.

           ItwasthePrinceKorasoff,thatLondonfriendofhis,whohadinitiatedhimsomemonthsbeforeintotheelementaryrulesofhighfatuity.Faithfultohisgreatart,Korasoff,whohadjustarrivedatStrasbourg,hadbeenonehourinKehlandhadneverreadasinglelineinhiswholelifeaboutthesiegeof1796,begantoexplainitalltoJulien.TheGermanpeasantlookedathiminastonishment;forheknewenoughFrenchtoappreciatetheenormousblunderswhichtheprincewasmaking.Julienwasathousandleaguesawayfromthepeasant’sthoughts.

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