Червоне та чорне

Boredom

           

           "Youmustbringmeenvelopeswithyouraddresson,"shesaidverydrilytoJulienintheevening."HereIamappointedloverandvaletinone,"thoughtJulien,andhebowed,amusedhimselfbywrinklinghisfaceuplikeArsène,theoldvaletofthemarquis.

           Hebroughttheenvelopesthatveryevening,andhereceivedthethirdletterveryearlyonthefollowingday:hereadfiveorsixlinesatthebeginning,andtwoorthreetowardstheend.Therewerefourpagesofasmallandveryclosewriting.Theladygraduallydevelopedthesweethabitofwritingnearlyeveryday.JulienansweredbyfaithfulcopiesoftheRussianletters;andsuchistheadvantageofthebombasticstylethatmadamedeFervaqueswasnotabitastonishedbythelackofconnectionbetweenhisanswersandherletters.HowgravelyirritatedwouldherpridehavebeenifthelittleTanbeauwhohadconstitutedhimselfavoluntaryspyonallJulien’smovementshadbeenabletohaveinformedherthatalltheseletterswereleftunsealedandthrownhaphazardintoJulien’sdrawer.

           Onemorningtheporterwasbringingintothelibraryalettertohimfromthemaréchale.Mathildemettheman,sawthelettertogetherwiththeaddressinJulien’shandwriting.Sheenteredthelibraryastheporterwasleavingit,theletterwasstillontheedgeofthetable.Julienwasverybusywithhisworkandhadnotyetputitinhisdrawer.

           "Icannotendurethis,"exclaimedMathilde,asshetookpossessionoftheletter,"youarecompletelyforgettingme,meyourwife,yourconductisawful,monsieur.

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