In the Prison

           

           WhenJulienwastakenbacktoprisonhehadbeentakenintoaroomintendedforthosewhowerecondemnedtodeath.Althoughamanwhointheusualwaywouldnoticethemostpettydetails,hehadquitefailedtoobservethathehadnotbeentakenuptohisturret.HewasthinkingofwhathewouldsaytomadamedeRênalifhehadthehappinessofseeingherbeforethefinalmoment.Hethoughtthatshewouldbreakintowhathewassayingandwasanxioustobeabletoexpresshisabsoluterepentancewithhisveryfirstwords."HowcanIconvinceherthatIloveheraloneaftercommittinganactionlikethat?Forafterall,itwaseitheroutofambition,oroutofloveforMathilde,thatIwantedtokillher."

           Ashewenttobed,hecameacrosssheetsofaroughcoarsematerial."Ah!Iaminthecondemnedcell,hesaidtohimself.Thatisright.

           "ComteAltamirausedtotellmethatDanton,ontheeveofhisdeath,wouldsayinhisloudvoice:’itissingularbutyoucannotconjugatetheverbguillotineinallitstenses:ofcourseyoucansay,Ishallbeguillotined,thoushaltbeguillotined,butyoudon’tsay,Ihavebeenguillotined.’

           "Whynot?"wentonJulien,"ifthereisanotherlife....Uponmyword,itwillbeallupwithmeifIfindtheGodoftheChristiansthere:Heisatyrant,andassuch,heisfullofideasofvengeance:hisBiblespeaksofnothingbutatrociouspunishment.IneverlikedhimIcouldnevergetmyselftobelievethatanyonereallylikedhim.Hehasnopity(andherememberedseveralpassagesintheBible)hewillpunishmeatrociously.

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