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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

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