Expiation.

           Notwithstandingthedensityofthecrowd,M.deVillefortsawitopenbeforehim.Thereissomethingsoawe-inspiringingreatafflictionsthatevenintheworsttimesthefirstemotionofacrowdhasgenerallybeentosympathizewiththesuffererinagreatcatastrophe.Manypeoplehavebeenassassinatedinatumult,butevencriminalshaverarelybeeninsultedduringtrial.ThusVillefortpassedthroughthemassofspectatorsandofficersofthePalais,andwithdrew.Thoughhehadacknowledgedhisguilt,hewasprotectedbyhisgrief.Therearesomesituationswhichmenunderstandbyinstinct,butwhichreasonispowerlesstoexplain;insuchcasesthegreatestpoetishewhogivesutterancetothemostnaturalandvehementoutburstofsorrow.Thosewhohearthebittercryareasmuchimpressedasiftheylistenedtoanentirepoem,andwhenthesuffererissinceretheyarerightinregardinghisoutburstassublime.

           ItwouldbedifficulttodescribethestateofstuporinwhichVillefortleftthePalais.Everypulsebeatwithfeverishexcitement,everynervewasstrained,everyveinswollen,andeverypartofhisbodyseemedtosufferdistinctlyfromtherest,thusmultiplyinghisagonyathousand-fold.Hemadehiswayalongthecorridorsthroughforceofhabit;hethrewasidehismagisterialrobe,notoutofdeferencetoetiquette,butbecauseitwasanunbearableburden,averitablegarbofNessus,insatiateintorture.

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