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what was my position�拭 �Had I advanced a step since the
commencement of the past quarter�拭 �On the contrary�察 �I had
receded one。 By renouncing my engagement as English master in
Mdlle Reuter¨s establishment�察 �I had voluntarily cut off ♀20 from
my yearly income�察�I had diminished my ♀60 per annum to ♀40�察�and
even that sum I now held by a very precarious tenure。
It is some time since I made any reference to M。 Pelet。 The
moonlight walk is�察 �I think�察 �the last incident recorded in this
narrative where that gentleman cuts any conspicuous figure�此 �the
fact is�察�since that event�察�a change had come over the spirit of our
intercourse。 He�察 �indeed�察 �ignorant that the still hour�察 �a cloudless
moon�察 �and an open lattice�察 �had revealed to me the secret of his
selfish love and false friendship�察 �would have continued smooth
and complaisant as ever�察 �but I grew spiny as a porcupine�察 �and
inflexible as a blackthorn cudgel�察 �I never had a smile for his
raillery�察 �never a moment for his society�察 �his invitations to take
coffee with him in his parlour were invariably rejected�察�and very
stiffly and sternly rejected too�察 �his jesting allusions to the
directress ��which he still continued�� were heard with a grim calm
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very different from the petulant pleasure they were formerly wont
to excite。 For a long time Pelet bore with my frigid demeanour
very patiently�察 �he even increased his attentions�察 �but finding that
even a cringing politeness failed to thaw or move me�察 �he at last
altered too�察 �in his turn he cooled�察 �his invitations ceased�察 �his
countenance became suspicious and overcast�察 �and I read in the
perplexed yet brooding aspect of his brow�察�a constant examination
and comparison of premises�察 �and an anxious endeavour to draw
thence some explanatory inference。 Ere long�察 �I fancy�察 �he
succeeded�察�for he was not without penetration�察�perhaps�察�too�察�Mdlle
Zoraide might have aided him in the solution of the enigma�察�at any
rate I soon found that the uncertainty of doubt had vanished from
his manner�察�renouncing all pretence of friendship and cordiality�察�
he adopted a reserved�察 �formal�察 �but still scrupulously polite
deportment。 This was the point to which I had wished to bring
him�察�and I was now again comparatively at my ease。 I did not�察�it is
true�察 �like my position in his house�察 �but being freed from the
annoyance of false professions and double´dealing I could endure
it�察 �especially as no heroic sentiment of hatred or jealousy of the
director distracted my philosophical soul�察 �he had not�察 �I found�察�
wounded me in a very tender point�察�the wound was so soon and so
radically healed�察 �leaving only a sense of contempt for the
treacherous fashion in which it had been inflicted�察 �and a lasting
mistrust of the hand which I had detected attempting to stab in
the dark。
This state of things continued till about the middle of July�察�and
then there was a little change�察�Pelet came home one night�察�an hour
after his usual time�察�in a state of unequivocal intoxication�察�a thing
anomalous with him�察�for if he had some of the worst faults of his
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countrymen�察�he had also one at least of their virtues�察�i。e。 sobriety。
So drunk�察 �however�察 �was he upon this occasion�察 �that after having
roused the whole establishment ��except the pupils�察 �whose
dormitory being over the classes in a building apart from the
dwelling´house�察�was consequently out of the reach of disturbance��
by violently ringing the hall´bell and ordering lunch to be brought
in immediately�察�for he imagined it was noon�察�whereas the city bells
had just tolled midnight�察�after having furiously rated the servants
for their want of punctuality�察 �and gone near to chastise his poor
old mother�察 �who advised him to go to bed�察 �he began raving
dreadfully about ^le maudit Anglais�察 �Creemsvort。 ̄ I had not yet
retired�察�some German books I had got hold of had kept me up late�察�
I heard the uproar below�察 �and could distinguish the director¨s
voice exalted in a manner as appalling as it was unusual。 Opening
my door a little�察 �I became aware of a demand on his part for
^Creemsvort ̄ to be brought down to him that he might cut his
throat on the hall´table and wash his honour�察�which he affirmed to
be in a dirty condition�察�in infernal British blood。 ^He is either mad
or drunk�察院�thought I�察 �and in either case the old woman and the
servants will be the better of a man¨s assistance�察院�so I descended
straight to the hall。 I found him staggering about�察�his eyes in a fine
frenzy rolling!a pretty sight he was�察�a just medium between the
fool and the lunatic。
^Come�察�M。 Pelet�察院�said I�察 �you had better go to bed�察院�and I took
hold of his arm。 His excitement�察 �of course�察 �increased greatly at
sight and touch of the individual for whose blood he had been
making application�此 �he struggled and struck with fury!but a
drunken man is no match for a sober one�察�and�察�even in his normal
state�察 �Pelet¨s worn out frame could not have stood against my
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sound one。 I got him up´stairs�察 �and�察 �in process of time�察 �to bed。
During the operation he did not fail to utter comminations which�察�
though broken�察�had a sense in them�察�while stigmatizing me as the
treacherous spawn of a perfidious country�察�he�察�in the same breath�察�
anathematized Zoraide Reuter�察 �he termed her ^femme sotte et
vicieuse�察院�who�察�in a fit of lewd caprice�察�had thrown herself away on
an unprincipled adventurer�察 �directing the point of the last
appellation by a furious blow�察�obliquely aimed at me。 I left him in
the act of bounding elastically out of the bed into which I had
tucked him�察�but�察�as I took the precaution of turning the key in the
door behind me�察 �I retired to my own room�察 �assured of his safe
custody till the morning�察�and free to draw undisturbed conclusions
from the scene I had just witnessed。
Now�察�it was precisely about this time that the directress�察�stung
by my coldness�察 �bewitched by my scorn��and excited by the
preference she suspected me of cherishing for another�察�had fallen
into a snare of her own laying!was herself caught in the meshes
of the very passion with which she wished to entangle me。
Conscious of the state of things in that quarter�察 �I gathered�察 �from