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Strasbourg

           "Whenyoutalktotheyoungbeauty,ImeanthedaughteroftheStrasbourgstockingmerchantinthepresenceofmadamedeDubois,notatraceofpassion.Butontheotherhandbeardentlypassionatewhenyouwrite.Readingawell-writtenlove-letterisaprude’ssupremestpleasure.Itisamomentofrelaxation.Sheleavesoffposinganddarestolistentoherownheart;consequentlytwolettersaday."

           "Never,never,"saidJuliendespondently,"Iwouldratherbegroundinamortarthanmakeupthreephrases.Iamacorpse,mydearfellow,hopenothingfromme.Letmediebytheroadside."

           "Andwhoistalkingaboutmakingupphrases?Ihavegotsixvolumesofcopied-outlove-lettersinmybag.Ihaveletterstosuiteveryvariationoffemininecharacter,includingthemosthighlyvirtuous.DidnotKaliskypaycourtatRichmond-on-the-ThamesatthreeleaguesfromLondon,youknow,totheprettiestQuakeressinthewholeofEngland?"

           Julienwaslessunhappywhenhelefthisfriendattwoo’clockinthemorning.

           Theprincesummonedacopyistonthefollowingday,andtwodaysafterwardsJulienwasthepossessoroffifty-threecarefullynumberedlove-lettersintendedforthemostsublimeandthemostmelancholyvirtue.

           "Thereasonwhythereisnotfifty-four,"saidtheprince"isbecauseKaliskyallowedhimselftobedismissed.Butwhatdoesitmattertoyou,ifyouarebadlytreatedbythestocking-merchant’sdaughtersinceyouonlywishtoproduceanimpressionuponmadamedeDubois’heart."

           Theywentoutridingeveryday,theprincewasmadonJulien

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