The Office of Virtue

           

           ButifItakethispleasurewithsomuchprudenceandcircumspectionIshallnolongerfinditapleasure.LopedeVega.

           AssoonasourherohadreturnedtoParisandhadcomeoutofthestudyofthemarquisdeLaMole,whoseemedverydispleasedwiththedespatchesthatweregivenhim,herushedoffforthecomteAltamira.Thisnobleforeignercombinedwiththeadvantageofhavingoncebeencondemnedtodeathaverygravedemeanourtogetherwiththegoodfortuneofadevouttemperament;thesetwoqualities,andmorethananything,thecomte’shighbirth,madeanespecialappealtomadamedeFervaqueswhosawalotofhim.

           Juliensolemnlyconfessedtohimthathewasverymuchinlovewithher.

           "Hervirtueisthepurestandthehighest,"answeredAltamira,"onlyitisalittleJesuiticalanddogmatic.

           "Therearedayswhen,thoughIunderstandeachoftheexpressionswhichshemakesuseof,Ineverunderstandthewholesentence.SheoftenmakesmethinkthatIdonotknowFrenchaswellasIamsaidto.Butyouracquaintancewithherwillgetyoutalkedabout;itwillgiveyouweightintheworld.ButletusgotoBustos,"saidCountAltamirawhohadamethodicalturnofmind;"heoncepaidcourttomadamelamaréchale."

           DonDiegoBustoshadthematterexplainedtohimatlength,whilehesaidnothing,likeabarristerinhischambers.Hehadabigmonk-likefacewithblackmoustachesandaninimitablegravity;hewas,however,agoodcarbonaro.

           "Iunderstand,"hesaidtoJulienatlast."HasthemaréchaledeFervaqueshadlovers,orhasshenot?Haveyouconsequentlyanyhopeofsuccess?Thatisthequestion.

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