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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 �