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Mme. de Renal had begun to entertain gloomy thoughts. Despite her resolution, she had told Julien the whole business about the auction.* "He will make me forget all my vows," she reflected. . She would have sacrificed her life without hesitation to save her husband's had she seen him in danger. Her…

Let us leave this petty man to his petty fears. Why did he take a man of heart into his house, when what he wanted was the soul of a lackey? Why didn't he know how to pick his servants? The ordinary course of events in the nineteenth century is that when a powerful aristocrat finds a man of heart i…

Once or twice during this great scene, Mme. de Renal was on the verge of feeling some sympathy for the very real unhappiness of this man who had been her friend for the past twelve years. But true passion is selfish. Besides, she was expecting at any moment an avowal of the anonymous letter he had …

Once or twice during this great scene, Mme. de Renal was on the verge of feeling some sympathy for the very real unhappiness of this man who had been her friend for the past twelve years. But true passion is selfish. Besides, she was expecting at any moment an avowal of the anonymous letter he had …

"You are one of the most distinguished gentlemen in the province," Mme. de Renal resumed eagerly. "If the king were free and able to give birth its due, you would no doubt figure in the Chamber of Peers, etc. And in such a magnificent position, do you mean to give the town something to gossip about…