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Shortly before the dinner bell sounded, Julien returned with thechildren. I
have provedmyself not unworthy of Julien, she said to herself, with a sweet
andsecret relish.
Everyone, even the servants, wore a boldair that seemed to be
fortifying them against contempt. The battle was now won; she had her work cut
out to prevent M.
He determined upon the line of conduct which hewas going to
adopt towards M.
For my mind is becoming unhinged, I can feel it! He reigned,
so to speak, at Verrieres, under the orders ofM.
Theywere followed by several
wealthy Liberals.
Julien embraced him, the tears standing in his eyes.
Instead
of worrying about a very present trouble,what intelligence, she thought to
herself.
He is not a wise creature, swayedby reason.
This letter to an intimate
friend which had set the whole of Verrieresmarvelling at the time, M. She
congratulated herself on the step she had taken. Show me his letters this
instant, I order you; and M.
He had made out the wife of thecollector who sang
so well.
On the contrary, this language amusedthem by its unfamiliarity; they
laughed at it.
This second test set the crown of glory on his
achievement.
Thesepoor children did not know how to express their delight at
seeingJulien again.
Is the whole ofVerrieres to be allowed to sneer at my
complacency?
Returning to the house he found one of M.
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