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interests。 How�察�then�察�had Mme。 de Lorcy come to take it into her head that 

there   was   something   of   the   appraiser   about   Samuel   Brohl�察  �and   that   his 

eyes   took   an   inventory   of   her   furniture�拭  �If   he   had   forgotten   himself   at 

Maisons�察  �he   never   forgot   himself   at   Cormeilles。   What   cared   he   for   the 

sordid   affairs   of   the   sublunary   sphere�拭  �He   floated   in   ether�察  �heaven   had 

opened to him its portals�察�the blessed are too absorbed in their ecstasy to 

pay   heed   to   details   or   to   take   an   inventory   of   paradise。   Nevertheless�察�

Samuel's ecstasies did not prevent him from embracing every opportunity 

to render himself useful or agreeable to M。 Moriaz。 He frequently asked 

permission   to   accompany   him   into   his   laboratory。   M。   Moriaz   flattered 

himself   that   he   had   discovered   a   new   body   to   which   he   attributed   most 



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curious properties。 Since his return he had been occupied with some very 

delicate experiments�察�which he did not always carry out to his satisfaction�察�

his movements were brusque�察�his hands all thumbs�察�very often he chanced 

to ruin everything by breaking his vessels。 Samuel proposed to assist him 

in   a   manipulation   requiring   considerable   dexterity�察  �he   had   very   flexible 

fingers�察�was as expert as a juggler�察�and the manipulation succeeded beyond 

all hopes。 

     Mme。      de  Lorcy    was    furious   at  having    been    outwitted    by   Count 

Larinski�察�she retracted all the concessions she had made concerning him�察�

her   rancour   had   decided   that   the   man   of   fainting´fits   could not   be   other 

than an   imposter。  She had disputes on this   subject with   M。  Langis�察 �who 

persisted in maintaining that M。 Larinski was a great comedian�察�but that 

this�察  �strictly   considered�察  �did   not   prevent   his   being   a   true   count�察  �in   the 

course of his travels he had met specimens of them who cheated at cards 

and pocketed affronts。 Mme。 de Lorcy�察�in return�察�accused him of being a 

simpleton。  She had   written   again to Vienna�察�in hopes   of   obtaining   some 

further   intelligence�察  �she  had   been   able   to   learn   nothing   satisfactory。   She 

did not lose courage�察�she well knew that�察�in the important affairs of life�察�M。 

Moriaz      found    it  difficult  to  dispense    with    her  approbation�察    �and    she 

promised herself to choose with discretion the moment to make a decisive 

assault    upon    him。   In  the  meanwhile      she   gave   herself   the  pleasure    of 

tormenting him by her silence�察�and of grieving him by her long´continued 

pouting。 One day M。 Moriaz said to his daughter�此�

     ;Mme。 de Lorcy is displeased with us�察�this grieves me。 I fear you have 

dropped some word that has wounded her。 I shall be greatly obliged to you 

if you will go and see her and coax her into good´humour。; 

     ;You gave me a far from agreeable commission�察─�she rejoined�察 �but I 

can refuse you nothing�察�I shall go to´morrow to Maisons。; 

     At the precise moment when this conversation was taking place�察�Mme。 

de Lorcy�察�who was passing the day in Paris�察�entered the Ecole des Beaux´ 

Arts。 The exhibition of the work of a celebrated painter�察�recently deceased�察�

had attracted   thither a great throng   of   people。 Mme。  de Lorcy  moved   to 

and fro�察�when suddenly she descried a little old woman�察�sixty years of age�察�

with    a  snub    nose�察  �whose     little  gray   eyes   gleamed     with   malice    and 



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impertinence。   Her   chin   in   the   air�察  �holding   up   her   eye´   glasses   with   her 

hand�察�she scrutinized all the pictures with a critical�察�disdainful air。 

     ;Ah� �truly it is the Princess Gulof�察─�said Mme。 de Lorcy to herself�察�and 

turned away to avoid an encounter。 It was at Ostend�察�three years previous�察�

during the season of the baths�察�that she had made the acquaintance of the 

princess�察�she  did not   care  to   renew  it。 This   haughty�察 �capricious   Russian�察�

with whom a chance occurrence at the /table d'hote/ had thrown her into 

intercourse�察�had not taken a place among her pleasantest reminiscences。 

     Princess   Gulof   was   the   wife   of   a   governor´general   whom   she   had 

wedded in second   marriage after a   long widowhood。 He   did not see   her 

often�察�two or three times a year�察�that was all。 Floating about from one end 

of Europe to another�察�they kept up a regular exchange of letters�察�the prince 

never   took   any   step   without   consulting   his   wife�察  �who   usually   gave   him 

sound advice。 During the first years of their marriage�察�he had committed 

the   error   of   being   seriously   in   love   with   her�此  �there   are   some   species   of 

ugliness that inspire   actually insane passions。 The princess   found   this in 

the most wretched taste�察�and soon brought Dimitri Paulovitch to his senses。 

From that moment perfect concord reigned between this wedded couple�察�

who   were   parted   by   the   entire   continent   of   Europe�察  �united   by   the   mail´ 

bags。 The princess did not bear a very irreproachable record。 She looked 

upon morality as pure matter of conventionality�察�and she made no secret of 

her    thoughts。    She    was   always     on   the   alert  for  new    discoveries�察    �fresh 

experiences�察�she never waited to read a book to the end before flinging it 

into the waste´paper basket�察�most frequently the first chapter sufficed�察�she 

had met with many disappointments�察�she had wearied of many  caprices�察�

and she had arrived at the conclusion that man is�察�after all�察�of but small 

account。 Nevertheless�察�there had come to her late in life a comparatively 

lasting caprice�察�during nearly five years she had flattered herself that she 

had     found    what    she    sought。    Alas�    �for   the   first  time    she   had    been 

abandoned�察 �forsaken�察  �and   that   before   she   had   herself   grown tired   of   her 

fancy。 This   desertion   had   inflicted   a   sharp   wound   on   her   pride�察  �she   had 

conceived   an   implacable   hatred   for   the   faithless   one�察  �and   then   she   had 

forgotten   him。   She   had   plunged   into   the   natural   sciences�察  �she  had   made 

dissectionsit   was   her   way   of   being   avenged。   She   held   very   advanced 



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ideas�察�she believed in the most radical of the doctrines of evolution�察�she 

deemed   it   a   clearly   demonstrated   fact   that   man   is   a   development   of   the 

monkey�察�the monkey of the monad。 She profoundly despised any one who 

permitted himself to doubt this。 She did not count melancholy�察�to analyze 

or dissect everything�察�that was her way of being happy。 

     During their common sojourn at Ostend�察�Mme。 de Lorcy had gained 

the good graces of the Princess Gulof through the dexterity with which she 

had   dressed   the   wounds   of   Moufflard�察 �her   lapdog�察  �whose   paw   had   been 

injured   by   some   awkward   individual。   She   had   been   quite   pleased   with 

Mme。      de  Lorcy�察   �her  sympathy      and   her  kindly    services�察  �and   she  had 

bestowed her most amiable attentions upon her。 Mme。 de Lorcy had done 

her best to respond to her advances�察�but she found herself revolted by this 

old magpie whose prattling never ceased�察�and whose chief delight was in 

the   recital   of   the   secret   chronicles   of   every   capital   of   Europe�察  �Mme。   de 

Lorcy�察�in fact�察�soon grew disgusted with her cosmopolitan gossip and her 

physiology�察�she found her cynical and evil´

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