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installed in a handsome parlour�察�lounging on a soft couch�察�with a 

pretty�察�wealthy wife at my side�察�he would have hated me�察�a brief�察�

cold�察  �haughty   visit�察  �would   in   such  a   case   have   been   the   extreme 

limit of his civilities�察�and never would he have come near me more�察�



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so long as the tide of fortune bore me smoothly on its surface�察�but 

the painted furniture�察�the bare walls�察�the cheerless solitude of my 

room     relaxed    his   rigid  pride�察  �and    I  know    not   what    softening 

change   had   taken   place   both   in   his   voice   and   look   ere   he   spoke 

again。 

    ^You have got another place�拭院�

    ^No。 ̄ 

    ^You are in the way of getting one�拭院�

    ^No。 ̄ 

    ^That is bad�察�have you applied to Brown�拭院�

    ^No�察�indeed。 ̄ 

    ^You   had   better�察  �he   often   has   it   in   his   power   to   give   useful 

information in such matters。 ̄ 

    ^He served me once very well�察�I have no claim on him�察�and am 

not in the humour to bother him again。 ̄ 

    ^Oh�察�if you¨re bashful�察�and dread being intrusive�察�you need only 

commission me。 I shall see him to´night�察�I can put in a word。 ̄ 

    ^I beg you will not�察�Mr。 Hunsden�察�I am in your debt already�察�you 

did me   an   important  service   when   I   was at  X!�察  �got  me   out  of  a 

den   where   I   was   dying�此  �that  service   I   have   never   repaid�察  �and   at 

present I decline positively adding another item to the account。 ̄ 

    ^If   the   wind     sits  that    way�察   �I¨m   satisfied。    I  thought     my 

unexampled         generosity     in  turning     you    out   of  that   accursed 

counting´house   would   be   duly   appreciated   some   day�此   �Cast   your 

bread on the waters�察�and it shall be found after many days�察� say the 

Scriptures。      Yes�察  �that¨s    right�察 �lad!make        much     of  me!I¨m       a 

nonpareil�此  �there¨s   nothing   like   me   in   the   common   herd。   In   the 

meantime�察      �to  put   all  humbug      aside   and    talk  sense    for  a  few 

moments�察�you would be greatly the better of a situation�察�and what 



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is more�察�you are a fool if you refuse to take one from any hand that 

offers it。 ̄ 

    ^Very well�察�Mr。 Hunsden�察�now you have settled that point�察�talk 

of something else。 What news from X!�拭院�

    ^I   have   not   settled   that   point�察  �or   at   least   there   is   another   to 

settle    before   we    get  to   X!。    Is  this   Miss   Z└nobie ̄      ��Zoraide�察�

interposed I��!^well�察�Zoraide!is she really married to Pelet�拭院�

    ^I tell you yes!and if you don¨t believe me�察�go and ask the cure 

of St。 Jacques。 ̄ 

    ^And your heart is broken�拭院�

    ^I am not aware that it is�察�it feels all right!beats as usual。 ̄ 

    ^Then your feelings are less superfine than I took   them  to  be�察�

you   must   be   a   coarse�察  �callous   character�察  �to   bear   such   a   thwack 

without staggering under it。 ̄ 

    ^Staggering under it�拭�What the deuce is there to stagger under 

in    the  circumstance       of  a   Belgian    schoolmistress       marrying     a 

French   schoolmaster�拭  �The   progeny   will   doubtless   be   a   strange 

hybrid race�察�but that¨s their Look out!not mine。 ̄ 

    ^He indulges in scurrilous jests�察�and the bride was his affianced 

one� 院�

    ^Who said so�拭院�

    ^Brown。 ̄ 

    I¨ll tell you what�察�Hunsden!Brown is an old gossip。 ̄ 

    ^He   is�察  �but   in   the   meantime�察  �if   his   gossip   be   founded   on   less 

than fact!if you took no particular interest in Miss Zoraide!why�察�

O youthful pedagogue� �did you leave your place in consequence of 

her becoming Madame Pelet�拭院�

    ^Because! ̄ I felt my face grow a little hot�察 �because!in short�察�

Mr。    Hunsden�察     �I   decline   answering   any   more     questions�察院    �and   I 



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plunged my hands deep in my breeches pocket。 

    Hunsden triumphed�此�his eyes!his laugh announced victory。 

    ^What the deuce are you laughing at�察�Mr。 Hunsden�拭院�

    ^At your exemplary composure。 Well�察�lad�察�I¨ll not bore you�察�I see 

how it is�此�Zoraide has jilted you!married some one richer�察�as any 

sensible woman would have done if she had had the chance。 ̄ 

    I made no reply!I let him think so�察�not feeling inclined to enter 

into an explanation of the real state of things�察�and as little to forge 

a   false   account�察  �but   it   was   not   easy   to   blind   Hunsden�察  �my   very 

silence�察   �instead    of  convincing     him    that   he   had   hit  the   truth�察�

seemed to render him doubtful about it�察�he went on�此� 

    ^I suppose the affair has been conducted as such affairs always 

are amongst rational people�此�you offered her your youth and your 

talents´such as they are!in exchange for her position and money�此�

I   don¨t  suppose   you  took   appearance�察  �or  what  is   called love�察  �into 

the   account!for  I   understand she   is   older   than   you�察  �and   Brown 

says�察  �rather  sensible´looking   than   beautiful。   She�察  �having   then   no 

chance of making a better bargain�察�was at first inclined to come to 

terms     with   you�察  �but  Pelet!the      head    or  a  flourishing    school! 

stepped in with a higher bid�察�she accepted�察�and he has got her�此�a 

correct     transaction!perfectly         so!business´like       and   legitimate。 

And now we¨ll talk of something else。 ̄ 

    ^Do�察院�said I�察�very glad to dismiss the topic�察�and especially glad 

to  have   baffled   the   sagacity   of   my   cross´questioner!if�察  �indeed�察  �I 

had     baffled   it�察 �for  though    his  words    now    led   away    from    the 

dangerous       point�察   �his   eyes�察  �keen    and    watchful�察    �seemed     still 

preoccupied with the former idea。 

    ^You want to hear news from X!�拭�And what interest can you 

have in X!�拭�You left no friends there�察�for you made none。 Nobody 



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ever   asks   after   you!neither   man   nor   woman�察  �and   if   I   mention 

your name in company�察�the men look as if I had spoken of Prester 

John�察  �and   the   women   sneer   covertly。   Our   X!   belles   must   have 

disliked you。 How did you excite their displeasure�拭院�

    ^I   don¨t know。   I   seldom   spoke   to   them!they   were   nothing   to 

me。 I considered them only as something to be glanced at from a 

distance�察�their dresses and faces were often pleasing enough to the 

eye�此�but I could not understand their conversation�察�nor even read 

their  countenances。   When   I   caught  snatches   of   what   they   said�察  �I 

could never make   much  of  it�察  �and   the   play  of  their  lips and   eyes 

did not help me at all。 ̄ 

    ^That was your fault�察�not theirs。 There are sensible�察�as well as 

handsome   women   in   X!�察  �women   it  is   worth  any  man¨s   while   to 

talk to�察�and with whom I can talk with pleasure�此�but you had and 

have     no   pleasant   address�察    �there    is   nothing   in  you   to  induce    a 

woman to be affable。 I have remarked you sitting near the door in 

a   room   full   of   company�察    �bent   on   hearing�察  �not   on    speaking�察    �on 

observing�察      �not    on   entertaining�察 �

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