Tranquillity

           

           ItisbecauseIwasfoolishthenthatIamwiseto-day.Ohthouphilosopherwhoseestnothingexcepttheactualinstant.Howshort-sightedarethyviews!Thineeyeisnotadaptedtofollowthesubterraneanworkofthepassions.M.Goethe.

           Thisconversationwasinterruptedbyaninterrogationfollowedbyaconferencewiththeadvocateentrustedwiththedefence.Thesemomentsweretheonlyabsolutelyunpleasantonesinalifemadeupofnonchalanceandtenderreveries.

           "Thereismurder,andmurderwithpremeditation,"saidJulientothejudgeashehaddonetotheadvocate,"Iamsorry,gentlemen,headdedwithasmile,thatthisreducesyourfunctionstoaverysmallcompass."

           "Afterall,"saidJulientohimself,whenhehadmanagedtoridhimselfofthosetwopersons,"Imustreallybebrave,andapparentlybraverthanthosetwomen.Theyregardthatduelwithanunfortunatetermination,whichIcanonlyseriouslybothermyselfaboutontheactualday,asthegreatestofevilsandthearch-terror."

           "ThefactisthatIhaveknownamuchgreaterunhappiness,"continuedJulien,ashewentonphilosophisingwithhimself."IsufferedfarmoreacutelyduringmyfirstjourneytoStrasbourg,whenIthoughtIwasabandonedbyMathildeandtothinkthatIdesiredsopassionatelythatsameperfectintimacywhichto-dayleavesmesocoldasamatteroffactIammorehappyalonethanwhenthathandsomegirlsharesmysolitude."

           Theadvocate,whowasared-tapepedant,thoughthimmad,andbelieved,withthepublic,thatitwasjealousywhichhadleadhimtotakeupthepistol.

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