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called Gelis was a student at the Ecole des Chartes。 From the conversation 

which   followed   I   was   able   to   learn   that   his   neighbor�察  �blond   and   wan 

almost     to   diaphaneity�察    �taciturn   and   sarcastic    was    Boulmier�察    �a  fellow 

student。 Gelis and the future doctor ��I hope he will become one some day�� 

discoursed   together   with       much   fantasy   and   spirit。   In   the   midst   of   the 

loftiest speculations they would play upon words�察�and make jokes after the 

peculiar     fashion    of  really   witty   personsthat     is  to  say�察 �in  a   style  of 

enormous absurdity。 I need hardly say�察�I suppose�察�that they only deigned to 

maintain the most monstrous kind of paradoxes。 They employed all their 

powers of imagination to make themselves as ludicrous as possible�察�and all 

their powers of reasoning to assert the contrary of common sense。 All the 

better for them� �I do not like to see young folks too rational。 

     The   student   of   medicine�察  �after   glancing   at   the   title   of   the   book   that 

Boulmier held in his hand�察�exclaimed�察�

     ;What��you read Micheletyou�拭─�

     ;Yes�察─�replied Boulmier�察�very gravely。 ;I like novels。; 

     Gelis�察�who dominated both by his fine stature�察�imperious gestures�察�and 

ready wit�察�took the book�察�turned over a few pages rapidly�察�and said�察�

     ;Michelet always had a great propensity to emotional tenderness。 He 



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wept     sweet     tears   over    Maillard�察    �that   nice   little  man     introduced      la 

paperasserie   into   the   September   massacres。   But   as   emotional   tenderness 

leads to fury�察�he becomes all at once furious against the victims。 There was 

no help for it。 It is the sentimentality of the age。 The assassin is pitied�察�but 

the victim is considered quite unpardonable。 In his later manner Michelet 

is more Michelet than ever before。 There is no common sense in it�察�it is 

simply wonderful� �Neither art nor science�察�neither criticism nor narrative�察�

only   furies   and   fainting´spells   and   epileptic   fits   over   matters   which   he 

never deigns to explain。 Childish outcriesenvies de femme grosse��and a 

style�察�my friends��not a single finished phrase� �It is astounding� ─�

     And     he   handed     the  book     back   to   his  comrade。     ;This    is  amusing 

madness�察─�I thought to myself�察 �and not quite so devoid of common sense 

as it appears。 This young man�察�though only playing has sharply touched 

the defect in the cuirass。; 

     But    the   Provencal     student    declared     that  history    was    a  thoroughly 

despicable   exercise   of   rhetoric。 According   to   him�察  �the   only   true   history 

was   the   natural   history  of   man。   Michelet   was   in   the   right   path   when   he 

came in contact with the fistula of Louis XIV。�察�but he fell back into the old 

rut almost immediately afterwards。 

     After this judicious expression of opinion�察�the young physiologist went 

to join a party of passing friends。 The two archivists�察�less well acquainted 

in the neighbourhood of a garden so far from the Rue Paradis´au´Marais�察�

remained together�察�and began to chat about their studies。 Gelis�察�who had 

completed   his   third   class´year�察  �was   preparing   a   thesis   on   the   subject   of 

which      he  expatiated     with    youthful    enthusiasm。      Indeed�察    �I  thought    the 

subject     a  very   good     one�察  �particularly    because     I  had   recently    thought 

myself   called   upon   to   treat   a   notable   part   of   it。   It   was   the   Monasticon 

Gallicanum。 The young erudite ��I give him the name as a presage�� wanted 

to describe all the engravings made about 1690 for the work which Dom 

Michel   Germain   would   have   had   printed   but   for   the   one   irremediable 

hindrance       which    is  rarely    foreseen    and    never    avoided。     Dom     Michel 

Germain would have had   printed but for   the one irremediable   hindrance 

which is rarely foreseen and never avoided。 Dom Michel Germain left his 

manuscript complete�察�however�察�and in good order when he died。 Shall I be 



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able to do as much with mine��but that is not the present question。 So far 

as   I   am   able   to   understand�察  �Monsieur   Gelis   intends   to   devote   a   brief 

archaeological        notice   to   each   of   the   abbeys    pictured     by   the  humble 

engravers of Dom Michel Germain。 

     His     friend   asked     him    whether     he    was    acquainted      with    all  the 

manuscripts and printed documents relating to the subject。 It was then that 

I pricked up my ears。 They spoke at first of original sources�察�and I must 

confess they did so in a satisfactory manner�察�despite their innumerable and 

detestable puns。 Then they began to speak about contemporary studies on 

the subject。 

     ;Have you read�察─�asked Boulmier�察 �the notice of Courajod�拭─�

     ;Good� ─�I thought to myself。 

     ;Yes�察─�replied Gelis�察 �it is accurate。; 

     ;Have you read�察─�said Boulmier�察 �the article of Tamisey de Larroque in 

the 'Revue des Questions Historiques'�拭─�

     ;Good� ─�I thought to myself�察�for the second time。 

     ;Yes�察─�replied Gelis�察 �it is full of things。;。。。 

     ;Have       you    read�察─    �said   Boulmier�察       �the    'Tableau     des    Abbayes 

Benedictines en 1600��' by Sylvestre Bonnard�拭─�

     ;Good� ─�I said to myself�察�for the third time。 

     ;Mai foi� �no� ─�replied Gelis。 ;Bonnard is an idiot� ─�Turning my head�察�I 

perceived   that   the   shadow   had   reached   the   place   where   I   was   sitting。   It 

was   growing   chilly�察  �and   I   thought   to   myself   what   a   fool   I   was   to   have 

remained sitting there�察�at the risk of getting rheumatism�察�just to listen to 

the impertinence of those two young fellows� �

     ;Well� �well� ─�I said to myself as I got up。 ;Let this prattling fledgling 

write   his   thesis   and   sustain   it�   �He   will   find   my  colleague�察  �Quicherat�察  �or 

some other professor at the school�察�to show him what an ignoramus he is。 I 

consider   him   neither   more   nor   less   than   a   rascal�察  �and   really�察  �now   that   I 

come   to   think   of   it�察  �what   he   said   about   Michelet   awhile   ago   was   quite 

insufferable�察�outrageous� �To talk in that way about an old master replete 

with genius� �It was simply abominable� ─�

       April 17。 

       ;Therese�察  �give   me   my   new   hat�察  �my  best   frock´coat�察  �and   my   silver´ 



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headed cane。; 

     But Therese is deaf as  a   sack of   charcoal   and slow   as Justice。 Years 

have made her so。 The worst is that she thinks she can hear well and move 

about well�察�and�察�proud of her sixty years of upright domesticity�察�she serves 

her old master with the most vigilant despotism。 

     ;What   did   I   tell   you�拭─   �。。And   now   she   will   not   give   me   my   silver´ 

headed   cane�察  �for   fear   that   I   might   lose   it�   �It   is   true   that   I   often   forget 

umbrellas and walking´sticks in the omnibuses and booksellers' shops。 But 

I have a special reason for wanting to take out with me to´day my old cane 

with     the  engraved      silver   head    representing      Don    Quixote     charging     a 

windmill�察  �lance   in   rest�察  �while   Sancho   Panza�察  �with   uplifted   arms�察  �vainly 

conjures him to a stop。 That cane is all that came to me from the heritage 

of my uncle�察�Captain Victor�察�who in his lifetime resembled Don Quixote 

much   more   than   Sancho   Panza�察  �and   who 

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