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Tranquillity

           ItisneverthelesssingularthatIneverknewsomuchabouttheartofenjoyinglife,assinceIhaveseenitsendsonearme."

           Hepassedhislastdayinpromenadinguponthenarrowterraceatthetopoftheturret,smokingsomeexcellentcigarswhichMathildehadhadfetchedfromHollandbyacourier.Hehadnosuspicionthathisappearancewaswaitedforeachdaybyallthetelescopesinthetown.HisthoughtswereatVergy.HeneverspoketoFouquéaboutmadamedeRênal,buthisfriendtoldhimtwoorthreetimesthatshewasrapidlyrecovering,andthesewordsreverberatedinhisheart.

           WhileJulien’ssoulwasnearlyallthetimewhollyintherealmofideas,Mathilde,who,asbefitsanaristocraticspirit,hadoccupiedherselfwithconcretethings,hadmanagedtomakethedirectandintimatecorrespondencebetweenmadamedeFervaquesandM.deFrilairprogresssofarthatthegreatwordbishoprichadbeenalreadypronounced.Thevenerableprelate,whowasentrustedwiththedistributionofthebenefices,addedinapostscripttooneofhisniece’sletters,"ThispoorSorelisonlyalunatic.Ihopehewillberestoredtous."

           Atthesightoftheselines,M.deFrilairfelttransported.HehadnodoubtsaboutsavingJulien.

           "ButforthisJacobinlawwhichhasorderedtheformationofanunendingpanelofjurymen,andwhichhasnootherrealobject,excepttodeprivewell-bornpeopleofalltheirinfluence,"hesaidtoMathildeontheeveoftheballotingforthethirty-sixjurymenofthesession,"Iwouldhaveansweredfortheverdict.IcertainlymanagedtogetthecuréNacquitted.

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