Ipity you, she told him, seeking to wound his pride
which she knew tobe so irritable.
Money comes only a long wayafter: does that
surprise you?
It so happened that he really was faint with
hunger. The one thing I never wished to hear mentioned was politics,and politics
pursue me everywhere.
Julien slippedhis arm round the waist of his
mistress; this movement was highlydangerous. The arm was then forgotten, and
remained in the position that it hadoccupied. His attention was wholly concentrated
on the manner inwhich his visit was to end. God knows when I shall return to this
place!
Shall the whiteness of that lovely handbe invisible
to me? Julien was awakened from his profound abstraction by the stopping ofthe
carriage. He searched the bedroom,the closet, without uttering a word, and then
vanished. Pirard; this tone completely spoiled his lastutterance. Julien covered her
hands with kisses; she could feelthat he was still crying.
Is it the last election that is driving you
fromyour district?
Today or tomorrow, it is all the same to me, said
Julien.
Will noteverything then be to me horror and
remorse? At thatmoment, he too was coming silently along the corridor, as
thoughlistening.
Thats all very well, but why couldnt he keep going,
your Bonaparte? She called the manservant,and, to give him time to put on his
clothes, went up to the dovecote.
Julien covered her hands with kisses; she could
feelthat he was still crying. Madame deRenal ran up and down the house.
I can think of nothing more simple, said Julien.
The darkness was intense; they found themselves bothseated upon Madame de Renals
bed. And so I am completely forgotten by the one person who has ever
lovedme!
I am running away from the abominablelife one leads
in the country.
Make a bundleof my clothes and throw it down into
the garden as soon as you can.
Whendinner was on the table, it occurred to her to
steal a plateful of hotsoup for him.
KANTJulien stopped in confusion in the middle of
the courtyard.
Iam surrounded by trickery in every form. Yes, my
angel, said Madame de Renal as she gave him a kiss. If, instead of five hundred and
twenty francs, I had had nothing, youwould have saved me. On board the Ship of
State, everyone will wish to be at thehelm, for the post is well paid.
Even ifI break the glass, I must settle this
business.