Another Danton

           

           Theneedofanxiety.Thesewordssummedupthecharacterofmyaunt,thebeautifulMargueritedeValois,whowassoontomarrytheKingofNavarrewhomweseereigningatpresentinFranceunderthenameofHenryIV.Theneedofstakingsomethingwasthekeytothecharacterofthischarmingprincess;henceherquarrelsandreconciliationswithherbrothersfromthetimewhenshewassixteen.Now,whatcanayounggirlstake?Themostpreciousthingshehas:herreputation,theesteemofalifetime.

           MemoirsoftheDuked’Angoulème.

           thenaturalsonofCharlesIX.

           "ThereisnocontracttosignforJulienandme,thereisnonotary;everythingisontheheroicplane,everythingisthechildofchance.Apartfromthenoblebirthwhichhelacks,itistheloveofMargueritedeValoisfortheyoungLaMole,themostdistinguishedmanofthetime,overagain.Isitmyfaultthattheyoungmenofthecourtaresuchgreatadvocatesoftheconventional,andturnpaleatthemereideaoftheslightestadventurewhichisalittleoutoftheordinary?AlittlejourneyinGreeceorAfricarepresentsthehighestpitchoftheiraudacity,andmoreovertheycanonlymarchintroops.Assoonastheyfindthemselvesalonetheyarefrightened,notoftheBedouin’slance,butofridiculeandthatfearmakesthemmad.

           "MylittleJulienontheotherhandonlylikestoactalone.Thisuniquepersonneverthinksforaminuteofseekinghelporsupportinothers!Hedespisesothers,andthatiswhyIdonotdespisehim.

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