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The Office of Virtue

           Farfromthatheremainedstubbornlyinthesalonanddidnotevenlookinthedirectionofthegarden,thoughGodknowswhatpainthatcausedhim!

           "Itisbettertohavethisexplanationoutallatonce,"thoughtmademoiselledelaMole;shewentintothegardenalone,Juliendidnotappear.Mathildewentandwalkednearthesalonwindow.ShefoundhimverymuchoccupiedindescribingtomadamedeFervaquestheoldruinedchateauwhichcrownthebanksalongtheRhineandinvestthemwithsomuchatmosphere.Hewasbeginningtoacquithimselfwithsomecreditinthatsentimentalpicturesquejargonwhichiscalledwitincertainsalons.PrinceKorasoffwouldhavebeenveryproudifhehadbeenatParis.Thiseveningwasexactlywhathehadpredicted.

           HewouldhaveapprovedthelineofconductwhichJulienfollowedonthesubsequentdays.

           Anintrigueamongthemembersofthesecretgovernmentwasgoingtobestowafewblueribbons;madamemaréchaledeFervaqueswasinsistingonhergreatunclebeingmadeachevalieroftheorder.ThemarquisdelaMolehadthesamepretensionsforhisfather-in-law;theyjoinedforcesandthemaréchalecametotheHôteldelaMolenearlyeveryday.ItwasfromherthatJulienlearnedthatthemarquiswasgoingtobeaminister.HewasofferingtotheCamarillaaveryingeniousplanfortheannihilationofthecharterwithinthreeyearswithoutanydisturbance.

           IfM.delaMolebecameaminister,Juliencouldhopeforabishopric:butalltheseimportantinterestsseemedtobeveiledandhazy.Hisimaginationonlyperceivedthemveryvaguely,andsotospeak,inthefardistance

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