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           WhenJulienperceivedthepicturesqueruinsoftheoldchurchatVergy,henoticedthathehadnotgivenasinglethoughttoMadamedeRênalsincethedaybeforeyesterday.Theotherday,whenItookmyleave,thatwomanmademerealisetheinfinitedistancewhichseparatedus;shetreatedmelikealabourer’sson.Nodoubtshewishedtosignifyherrepentanceforhavingallowedmetoholdherhandtheeveningbefore.

           ...Itis,howeververypretty,isthathand.Whatacharm,whatanobilityisthereinthatwoman’sexpression!

           ThepossibilityofmakingafortunewithFouquégaveacertainfacilitytoJulien’slogic.Itwasnotspoiltquitesofrequentlybytheirritationandthekeenconsciousnessofhispovertyandlowestateintheeyesoftheworld.Placedasitwereonahighpromontory,hewasabletoexercisehisjudgment,andhadacommandingview,sotospeak,ofbothextremepovertyandthatcompetencewhichhestillcalledwealth.Hewasfarfromjudginghispositionreallyphilosophically,buthehadenoughpenetrationtofeeldifferentafterthislittlejourneyintothemountain.

           HewasstruckwiththeextremeuneasinesswithwhichMadamedeRênallistenedtothebriefaccountwhichshehadaskedforofhisjourney.Fouquéhadhadplansofmarriage,andunhappyloveaffairs,andlongconfidencesonthissubjecthadformedthestapleofthetwofriends’conversation.Havingfoundhappinesstoosoon,Fouquéhadrealisedthathewasnottheonlyonewhowasloved.AlltheseaccountshadastonishedJulien.Hehadlearntmanynewthings.

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