An Evening in the Country

           

           HisexpressionwassingularwhenhesawMadamedeRênalthenextday;hewatchedherlikeanenemywithwhomhewouldhavetofightaduel.Theselooks,whichweresodifferentfromthoseofthepreviousevening,madeMadamedeRênalloseherhead;shehadbeenkindtohimandheappearedangry.Shecouldnottakehereyesoffhis.

           MadameDerville’spresenceallowedJulientodevotelesstimetoconversation,andmoretimetothinkingaboutwhathehadinhismind.Hisoneobjectallthisdaywastofortifyhimselfbyreadingtheinspiredbookthatgavestrengthtohissoul.

           Heconsiderablycurtailedthechildren’slessons,andwhenMadamedeRênal’spresencehadeffectuallybroughthimbacktothepursuitofhisambition,hedecidedthatsheabsolutelymustallowherhandtorestinhisthatevening.

           ThesettingofthesunwhichbroughtthecrucialmomentnearerandnearermadeJulien’sheartbeatinastrangeway.Nightcame.Henoticedwithajoy,whichtookanimmenseweightoffhisheart,thatitwasgoingtobeverydark.Thesky,whichwasladenwithbigcloudsthathadbeenbroughtalongbyasultrywind,seemedtoheraldastorm.Thetwofriendswentfortheirwalkverylate.AlltheydidthatnightstruckJulienasstrange.Theywereenjoyingthathourwhichseemstogivecertainrefinedsoulsanincreasedpleasureinloving.

           Atlasttheysatdown,MadamedeRênalbesideJulien,andMadameDervillenearherfriend.Engrossedashewasbytheattemptwhichhewasgoingtomake,Juliencouldthinkofnothingtosay.Theconversationlanguished.

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