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           "

           "Themothisburningitselfatthecandle,"continuedtheprinceusingametaphorasoldastheworld.

           "1.Youwillseehereveryday.

           "2.Youwillpaycourttoawomaninherownset,butwithoutmanifestingapassion,doyouunderstand?Idonotdisguisefromyouthatyourroleisdifficult;youareplayingapart,andifsherealisesyouareplayingityouarelost."

           "ShehassomuchintelligenceandIhavesolittle,Ishallbelost,"saidJuliensadly.

           "No,youareonlymoreinlovethanIthought.MadamedeDuboisispreoccupiedwithherselfasareallwomenwhohavebeenfavouredbyheaveneitherwithtoomuchpedigreeortoomuchmoney.Shecontemplatesherselfinsteadofcontemplatingyou,consequentlyshedoesnotknowyou.Duringthetwoorthreefitsofloveintowhichshemanagedtoworkherselfforyourespecialbenefit,shesawinyoutheheroofherdreams,andnotthemanyoureallyare.

           "But,deucetakeit,thisiselementary,mydearSorel,areyouanabsolutenovice?

           "Oddslife!Letusgointothisshop.Lookatthatcharmingblackcravat,onewouldsayitwasmadebyJohnAndersonofBurlingtonStreet.Bekindenoughtotakeitandthrowfarawaythatawfulblackcordwhichyouarewearingroundyourneck."

           "Andnow,"continuedtheprinceastheycameoutoftheshopofthefirsthosierofStrasbourg,"whatisthesocietyinwhichmadamedeDuboislives?GreatGod,whataname,don’tbeangry,mydearSorel,Ican’thelpit....Now,whomareyougoingtopaycourtto?"

           "Toanabsoluteprude,thedaughterofanimmenselyrichstocking-merchant.

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