"THE RED AND THE BLACK" "A novel: it is a mirror that is taken along a path" " Saint-Real" "In my soul and conscience, as President of this court," "I have made, gentlemen, a summary of these discussions." "You be the judge." "Some think that the age of this young man and a certain mad passion could be, for him, extenuating circumstances." "But, Mr President, gentlemen of the jury, it also lies in your conscience how you will vote." "Julien Sorel did not kill but he wanted to kill." "His crime is the same." "And this crime was premeditated." "Know now this murderer." "I even say, by my right and my duty, this is an assassin." "Julien Sorel, do you have anything to add?" "Yes, I have something." "I don't ask for any grace." "And especially not from you, gentlemen." "My crime is atrocious." "It was premeditated." "I fired two shots at the noblest of women." "Madame de Renal had been like a mother to me." "I deserve death." "But not for the crime you will condemn me of." "No." "Look at me clearly." "My real crime for you is to be born in a lower class, and especially of wanting to climb out of it." "In cutting off my head, you will punish those who were born in poverty and who have the chance or misfortune to receive a good education, and so the insolence of mingling with that pride that the rich call "society"." "We crossed paths 100 times, you, and your parents." "I know you all by your names." "My father has worked for you, and for that, you can not forgive me." "But look at you." "Not a single worker among you, not a single peasant." "No." "Nothing but indignant bourgeois." "And good cause for it." "Yes, I wanted to be among you." "Me, a worker's son." "That's all, gentlemen." "Clear the exits." "Louise, I won't see you again before I die." "They'll condemn me." "There won't be a last goodbye for us, I feel it." "It's enough, however, to express the horror I have for my crime." "And when M. de Renal came to offer him a job, what did he say, eh?" "Guess." "He didn't even think about money." "The first thing he said was "With whom will I be eating?"" "I wouldn't go without knowing." "I don't want to eat in the kitchen." "I 'm not a servant." "A bum who finds himself here eats where he's told." "You'd eat with pigs if they paid you." "Hey!" "Now, Sorel!" "Let it alone." "Father, I find it strange that they want their children tutored by a boy who doesn't even respect his own father." "But one thing amazes me, and it's for the honour of the clergy, is that you want to make a priest out of him." "True, for God, it's not difficult." "Mama!" "Mama!" "Mama, Mama!" "I saw a dirty old priest." " He looks mean." " I see, Adolphe." "I've been expecting you, Father." "Your students are here." "Oh no." "No, madam, no." "I am too old." "This is Julien Sorel, who's learned all my Latin and even a little more, I think." "So it's you, sir?" " You know Latin?" " Of course, madame." "M. de Renal chose me for my Latin." "Yes, of course." "As do I." "Come, Father." "You too, sir." "Xavier!" "Xavier, Adolphe!" "Come, come!" "Come." "You've been fooled." "My boys believed their teacher was going to be the old abbot." "I thought so too." "This is Adolphe." "And Xavier." "Would you take a rod to them?" "Me, madam?" "Why should I?" " You shouldn't beat a child." " No?" "Never, madam." "I'll obey you in everything." "Both you and M. de Renal." "But if you had to be a little harsh..." "I would, therefore, if desired." "What a handsome little priest!" "Not yet, Elisa." "But he will be." "Pity." "And clothing, how will you take care of that?" "If he doesn't agree to stay, he keeps the suit." "With the exceptional conditions I'm making for your son ..." "Don't trouble yourself, Mr Mayor, we've found better elsewhere." "What!" "Where, for example?" "Hello, my friend." "Take M. Sorel's trunk inside." "Here, we shall call you 'sir'." "Seriously, out of dignity." "Stop!" ""Captain Laffarel, Imperial Guard"?" " A famous uncle." " Yes sir, I have no other trunk." " You loved him very much?" " He alone was good to me." "You were 10 years old, so that's your excuse." "But he was a rogue, an officer of Bonaparte." "A thug in the pay of another thug." " Coming?" " Yes, sir." "Thug, yourself." "Easy." "Calm down." "Only fools make themselves angry over others." " Come on!" " Am I still a child?" "When will I acquire the habit of giving these people my soul, exactly to the extent they pay me for it?" "If I want to be valued by them and myself" "I must show that my poverty is doing business with their wealth." "Notice that I've accomodated you in the floor of the teachers." "Thank you, sir." "My heart is one thousand leagues distant from their insolence, placed too high to be affected by their petty disdain or favour." "Your suit isn't ready." "Take this coat." "I haven't worn it for a long time." "Should your father stay to say goodbye?" "No." "That was done long ago." "If I had a mother, I'd have more than two shirts." "But I have nothing, nothing." "Neither mother nor shirts." "But I have this!" "In your time, great man, I wouldn't have needed to drum Latin into rich children." "If you had made me a general on the battlefield." "But caution, caution." "Holy virtue of prudence." "There." "Dignity." "Again dignity, always dignity." "The smell of dignity, when he perspired a lot." "Come in." "Dinner's ready, M. Julien." "Thank you." " M. Julien." "You should change your shirt for dinner." "I don't have anything else." "I'll take care of it." "You'll always have your own." "They can only touch the heart by bruising it." "Adolphe, Xavier, go into the classroom." "And wash your hands!" "I'm coming!" "They're not afraid of you." "Nobody is, I think." "Perhaps me, sometimes." "Here, at this moment ..." "Listen ..." "The children have made much progress." " And you are so good for them." " I love them, madame." "If you'll accept their mother's thanks..." "Nothing really, but it would please me, for you to take a little money to buy some linen." " Only ..." " Only what?" "It isn't necessary to mention it to my husband." "M. De Renal pays me, Mme." "Doesn't he?" "I've offended you." "I'm not important, madam, but far from being low." "I owe you thanks." "I thank you." "Nobody could say that I've ever dined with a soiled shirt." "If you please, madam, have you heard me educate these young gentlefolk?" "Let's." "Sit." "Today, butterflies." ""Show me butterflies all day long"." ""We walk to learn, and not for fun"." "I find it absurd to pay someone who serves us well." "Under more relaxed circumstances, yes, we could be giving him gifts." "Good night." "You hold it against me?" "Since you have talked to him, he will have his 100 F." "But I regret that you have tolerated a refusal by a servant." "Julien is a servant." "He is not a gentleman, he lives here and is paid." "He's a domestic." "You know." "I don't like to give anything to a boy who might leave tomorrow." " Leave us?" "Julien?" " Sure." "Did you notice anything between Julien and Elisa?" "Elisa?" "Come in." " Should I warm your bed, Madame?" " Yes, go ahead." " Your bed too, sir?" " Yes, yes, please." "She's not unattractive." "And just made a small, comfortable inheritance." " Why does she stay then?" " By attachment." " By attachment?" " Julien and Elisa..." "I saw Sorel come out of her room." "That shows how much you know." "She does his shirts." "You're an adorable child!" "Of course she takes care of his shirts!" " You'd let him marry her?" " What?" "After all that you've spent on him." "I would have lost a little money, but I would keep the clothes I paid for." " The bed is hot sir." " Thank you, Elisa." "Good evening." "Good night." " Tell me, Elisa." " Madam?" "This small inheritance that you will make in three months ..." "Yes, soon, madame." "I wondered if you were going to leave us." "Madame does not want me to stay?" "But of course I do, Elisa." "You might want to settle." "If Madame allows it, I'm very happy to stay here." "The intense summer heats came round." "They got into the habit of spending the evenings under an immense lime tree a few feet from the house." "...We talk and laugh out here..." "I don't find that funny." "Say, Sorel, go get me the newspaper." "And my glasses while you're there." " You speak to him in a tone ..." " Because I want him to remember his place." "You have the wrong idea." "I know these small farmers." "And this gift of 100 francs, is an error I'm catching up on." "Let's see ..." ""Our city has not received a foreign sovereign for seven years." "She will welcome her visitor with festivals" "And enthusiasm deserving of her and deserving of him." "The Mayor of Verrières will form a Guard of Honour." "The mayor himself will designate guards on horseback, who will enjoy, during this time, military prerogatives."" "There will be competition to head that guard." "Naturally." "I don't deny it." "And I'd be very proud to command it." "As for the religious aspect, that will also be worthy of a king." "It's a good opportunity, I'll take advantage of it." "The King will visit the relic of St Clemen." "I shall ask for a bishop." "That will make something more of it." "These things are known in Paris." "If she withdraws her hand again," "Would I have the courage to take it and keep it?" "If she cries out, he'll have at me." "Duty, it's my duty." "I have to take that hand, that's all." "Oh, you're afraid, Julien." "Here we go!" "Only moments...the chime for 10 pm is going to ring." "When it sounds, you'll take the hand." "Not before." "Because you hope we will be gone." "No." "Too late!" "It's getting cooler." "The hour hasn't sounded." "Not ringing ..." "Coming?" "It hasn't rung!" "The bell!" "Well, I'm cold!" "You coming in?" "It's not so late." " The hour has sounded." " Four times." "You have the type of voice that is afflicted by cold easily." "I'm sure the air does me good." "Fine." "If you go to bed later, remember the lesson begins on the hour." "Not like this morning." "This morning, I was sick." "I have that right, don't I?" "You do, but I thought you were stronger." "So I don't take good care of your children?" "This morning, not enough!" "How dare you, when you love someone else?" "Another, Madame?" "Besides you?" "But I love you with a passion." "And what a sin for a young priest ..." "You're not in bed?" " I'm not sleepy, sir." " At your ease." "Oh, how handsome." "Oh no, no!" "Don't laugh." "Do I still look as if I can lead a guard made up mostly of youngsters." "But why not?" "I've gotten bigger." "It suits you very well, dear one." " And will the horse suit me as well?" " Mount the most gentle one." "Obviously." "What would you say about M. de Moirod?" "In the honour guard?" "He insists." "Ah...isn't he just, in the end...a little heavy?" "Really?" "More than me?" "Oh, come now..." "Perfect!" "Thank you." "Moirod is appointed." "Good night, Eli ..." "You're crying, Elisa?" "No, sir." "You are." "Why?" " Madame doesn't suspect at all?" " Me?" "No." "Do you want to tell us?" "He isn't going to marry me." "Julien's not marrying you?" "A pretty girl like you?" "A sweet little thing like you?" "Come, come, it'll work out." "M. Julien isn't looking for girls like me!" "If you want, Elisa, I'll speak to Julien for you." "My room's been searched." "Like some servant they want to run out." "This time it's gone too far." "I won't stay here like a spy." "But if I'm going out that door tomorrow," "I will have that woman first." "So, you force my locks?" "Then I'll force yours." "And in my opinion they will holdly hard." "Forward!" "Force the enemy immediately." "That's Napoleon, pure and simple." "To arms!" "But even if I don't want to," "That's not the issue." "Urge or not, it's necessary." "Indeed, in the city there are 3 or 4 of her friends that I would prefer." "Very attractive...but what if someone sees me?" "So, say it: you're afraid." "More reason to go there." "And if her husband is with her?" "Oh, there ..." "But no." "He's here." "He sleeps." "I must go." "If you're blamed one day for having started as a tutor" "You can always say it was love." "Never has sin been committed with less joy." "And here we are, I've done what I said." "I'm in the room." "In Louise's room." "She is mine, if I want." "Done." "I can go without shame." "Shameless?" "Coward that you are!" "You want to believe the hardest part is over." "So, never mind ..." "I'll wake her." "Are you mad?" "Go away!" " I couldn't stay away." " Get out." " I told you: "I love you"." " And I told you: "It's a mistake!"" "And you want me to be a part of this?" "Oh no, Julien." "Oh no, Julien, don't do that." "She entreats." "I never saw her pray like this, it's frightening." "She calls on God for help, she calls without shouting." "If she called her husband, I'd be shot." "She doesn't want that." "You show me you love me, by praying." "So much coolness, at my age ..." "If it doesn't deprive me the pleasure..." "And she is attractive at this moment." "And I thought she didn't please me?" "I don't even know what I was speaking of." "Yes, sir, it will be very well committed, this sin." "Oh, it must be wonderful." "Pray with me that we do not make this sin." "No, I won't." " Don't you pity me?" " No." " I'm dying ..." " No..." "You must go!" "Go ..." "Love in Latin gives amor; so death comes from love, And, before that, the worry that devours, Mourning, tears, traps, crimes, remorse." "What is it?" "There was fire in Laprase!" "The factory!" "They want the mayor!" "Right now!" "What does he want?" "Louise!" "He never comes here." "Louise, open up!" "It's me, open the door." "It's you, dear one?" "It's locked?" "Why?" "Forgive me." "I was still asleep." " What is it?" " Why is it locked?" "It's stupid..." "last night, I was scared." " You should have called me." " No, I was all right later on." "The Laprase factory is on fire." "Should I go?" "Laprase!" "Are you listening?" " A liberal who wants my place." " It's up to you." " But it's artful to go there." " Yes." " And he has looked out for me." " You owe him the courtesy." "Look over his factory." "You're right." "Thank you." "Were you afraid?" "No." "No, that's not it." "You didn't see what I did?" "Ah, me." "Here, I'll show you." "But ..." "Why?" "I thought "If he sees this, we're lost."" "I pushed you out of sight." "Threw you your coat." "Your shirt, too." "Your pants." "And your stockings." "And then I said "It's you, dear one?"" "Then I went to the door," "I opened it." "He looked like the devil." "His tie was crooked, so I adjusted it." "And then he left." "So I pushed the door shut." "And I could do all this so easily." "You despise me, don't you?" "You were wonderful." "Is it admirable to lie shamelessly to your husband?" "You've just shown me." "Oh no!" "No." "Don't look at me." "I'm 10 years older than you." "Who told you that?" "The first time I saw you, I said," ""Oh, she must be 20."" "The alarm!" "Ah, providential fire!" "Yes." "Yes." "I'm here to rejoice in a fire." "Oh, what a pity I'm not married to you." "But I'm foolish." "We can't be married." "We'd talk about it otherwise." "We don't even dare talk about it." "Do you ..." "Do you think he can have people too ..." "Oh, I don't know how to say." "As happy as us?" "It's so simple." "I didn't believe it could exist." "Oh, you have pretty feet, my little peasant." "Louise." "No!" "Please." "Oh no!" "Why?" "Wouldn't you like to be a soldier?" "A soldier..." "You know what that means, for a poor boy?" "Seven years of misery." "But you won't do it." "Of course not." "Because I'm a priest." "In Napoleon's time, I would have been an officer now!" "I wouldn't have needed to be a priest." "Ah, it's no good thinking about all that." "Thinking about it isn't going to make me happy." "But you speak a truth that is godless." "You believed me?" "Well, what have I to do with Napoleon?" "You scared me." "I'm not worried about your future." "You know you're a genius?" "Certainly." "Monarchy and religion need great men." "And they will have one, madame." "And I'll be damned." "Oh no, it was me who did everything." "I who have committed our sin." "I loved you from the first day." "It all happened by my fault." "Oh, if you knew that I was jealous of Elisa." "Do you know that at night I went to listen to your door because I was afraid that she was there?" "That I should be such an unfortunate being to God." "That's it, it must be hell." "Oh no!" "Oh no, it must be even worse." "Kiss me." "Kiss me quick, I don't want to think about it." "But you, you're not afraid of being damned?" "No." "But if we're together ..." "But if the devil really is wicked, he'll separate lovers..." " Oh no!" "He'll be back." " No." "There was a fire." "Julien!" "If he finds us, he'll kill us." "And you would regret this life?" "Now, a lot." "Only not to have known you." "Female perversity!" "What pleasure, what instinct, leads them to deceive us?" "Good evening." "Good evening." "Good evening." "What you ask me to do would capitulate to the boy." "After the way he answered me last night." "Remember, you were very hard on him." "Sorel in the honour guard?" "It's not possible." " For you or others?" " Me as much as them." "Do you want to attach him to us?" "Then nothing will be better than this satisfaction." "Think what it can represent for a peasant." "Yes, yes, yes." "I refused sons of nobles." "You're noble enough to make a fortune off whoever you want." "You have an answer to everything." "Elisa ..." "I spoke to Julien." "Thank you, madame." "Alas, he told me what you said." " He still wants to be a priest." " I know, madam." "But Abbot Chelan doesn't believe that anymore." "Why the abbot?" "He knows Julien, Madame." "And I confess to him." "And Madame is good to speak for a chambermaid who wants a gentleman that will be a guard of honour." "What do you mean, Elisa?" "Nothing." "Since Madame speaks aloud," "I don't apologise for having ears." "At your service, Madame." "I don't need you tonight." "As Madame wants." "I wish you a good night, madame." "Good night." "It's you." "I was afraid you might not come." " I scolded you yesterday." " Not so much." "No, not really." "I was waiting for him to go to sleep." "You'd really have come?" "You're not sure?" "No." "But don't you know you're beautiful?" "Come and tell me." "Service, talent, merit?" "Bah!" "Belong to a clique." " Telemachus" "It's their little priest!" "Am I seeing things?" "That's their little priest." "M. Julien!" "Sorel's son in the guard of honour!" " I'm surprised at Renal." " Hardly!" "It's her doing." " M. Julien!" " See him without his black coat?" " Gentlemen, to the town hall!" " To the city!" "So what they say is true?" "It might be gossip, but that doesn't make it any less true." " Can I get on?" " Yes, dear." "But be careful." " Father, you saw Sorel?" " Yes, I saw!" "Incredible!" "I'm not happy about Julien." "He should not strut about in a red coat." "You make a society man of him!" "Adolphe, down!" "I expected better from a Christian." " I thought ..." " You think too much!" "And badly!" "Fetch M. Julien." "I'll be waiting in the sacristy." "My respects." "What is it, Mama?" "What is it, Mama?" "Nothing, my darling." "Oh, you're beautiful!" "You, go outside!" "Hurry!" "I arranged an interview with the Bishop to be officiating ..." "But Sir disguises himself as a soldier!" "And doesn't even warn me!" "Oh, I knew they were sly, but ..." "I admit, father, I've sinned by conceit." "But this uniform is such a pleasure..." "If it were only the uniform..." " My chacot!" " Allow me!" "You should be ashamed!" " It's my fault." " Shush!" "You should be ashamed." " And other things, too." " I admit..." "Quiet!" "I've been too trusting, but now it's over." "Right now ..." "I'm not going to ask." "Choose:" "The seminary, although I have no faith in it, or M. Moirod, a widower who wants to have you for his children." "Whatever the case, I order you to leave the house of M. de Renal." "I mean to tell M. de Renal." "Was it Elisa?" "You don't have to know." "That hair is ridiculous." "Go, go!" "Hurry!" "Let's get to the Bishop of Agde who's awaiting the king and the gentlemen of the chapter." " Like this?" " It'll do." "Go, now." "Take off those spurs!" "Sorry, but they're set in the boots." "Then take off your ..." "Oh, come on!" "Cover it up, the Bishop's waiting." "Come on!" "No, I wouldn't know." "I don't know where my lord is." "Me, I know!" "But ...that's the bishop?" "No." "He's too young." "But what if?" "Oh ..." "Barely older than me." "Well, is my miter finally sorted out?" "Monsignor." "I've been sent by the Dean, M. Chelan's chapter." "Oh, excuse me." "My miter was damaged during the trip." "They repaired it but I'm waiting for these gentlemen." "I'll look into it, if your lordship permits." "Go ahead, but quickly if you can." "Here it is." "They've done a good job on it." "That'll do." " Does it sit well?" " Very well, sir." "I don't need to be flattered." "Not too far behind." "It's a bit silly." "Too forward and it looks like an officer's chacot." "There." "That's it, I think." "Bishop, are you are practicing the blessing?" "Oh ..." "Bishop, Bishop...do you exercise?" "Oh ... a Bishop and not even 30 years old." "And how much would he rate at his bishopric?" "200 or 300 francs at least." "My daughters," "This ceremony should leave an indelible memory on you." "Remember, young Christians, you've seen one of the greatest kings of the earth kneeling to the servants of God." "Never would the army give me such power." "Look at the king." "He's a bit player." "And the bishop is the star." "Well, it's maybe it's a blessing now that Father Chelan has spoken to you in that tone." "... weak, persecuted triumph in Heaven, for the arms of men can do nothing against divine justice." "Julien, Julien, you went astray." "And good old Chelan gave you the right path." "Yes, the seminary ..." "The seminary ..." "The seminary ..." "Look, Julien, don't miss a thing." "That could be you, that man in purple and gold." "You should have a king at your feet, like him." "And all these girls." "Well, the time is right." "Oh, I was going to commit such beautiful clumsiness." "But on the other hand look at Father Pirard," "Director of the Besancon seminary." "Go through four years with that terrible face scowling at you." "You'll pay dearly for it." "Aha, for a miter ..." "Is it not so, young Christians?" "You will forever remember this day." "You will hate the godless." "As ever, you will be faithful to God so great, so formidable, but so divine." "You promise?" "We promise." "I receive your promise in the name of formidable God." "Wait, let's read a little what people say about our big day." "The little peasant you have brought into your home sleeps with your wife." "That's done it...it's an anonymous letter." "Oh, my God!" "Tear it up." "No, wait." "Too late." "Here, read it." ""The passage of a king in a small town..."" " "is an event that honours it ..."" " My God!" " "and dedicates forever ..."" " God ..." " What is it, dear one?" ""... the goodness of the king."" "Nothing." "Sorry." "Nothing." ""Verrieres experienced the joy of living a day..."" ""when the fervour..."" ""and enthusiasm of an entire population..."" ""would suffice to make history, were it not..."" ""already made by such a high occasion..."" ""...and pompously celebrated by the throne and the altar."" ""The Prince..."" ""Who honoured us with his presence has been able to recognise..."" ""in the face of our Verrieres all the high devotion..."" ""...of those who will devote themselves to noble causes."" ""In Verrieres, banners and flags which honoured his Majesty..."" ""Did not beat harder in the winds of our mountains..."" ""...than our hearts in the breath of our enthusiasm."" "Continue." "Keep working." "You didn't open your door last night." "Finished." " Not me!" " Both of you finish." "It would be folly." "The house is full of enemies." "Take the same brave step." "Don't make me talk about that." "Nothing is more ridiculous." " I finished!" " Stay in your seats." "Look how these two maxims are similar." " He told you about the anonymous letter?" " Not a word." "There." "That's what bothers me." "But wait." "You're always worked up." "On the contrary, this could be a chance." "And it gave me an idea:" "I'll take the lead." " We finished." " We finished." "Well, do something else." "Go." "Draw a dog there." "You were saying?" "I will also receive an anonymous letter." "You?" "But you don't understand." "An anonymous letter written by us, that says the same as his." "So I'll show him." "I'll talk about my one first, we'll explain." "And then I'll be in the stronger position." ""Madame..."" " Are you listening?" " Yes." ""Madame, send back," ""...this little peasant."" ""Your husband can no longer believe what they say about you."" "Not bad." "Not bad." "Cut these words out of a book, and glue them on paper." "And then I'll do the rest." "Adolphe, do you have the glue?" " Yes, sir." " Thank you." "Get out!" "Get out!" "Go away, I prefer two idiots to three!" " I have to speak to you." " Not now, I'm working." "It's serious, dear one." "There's enough for me now." "You don't understand, forget it." "But read this." "It's an abominabal letter handed to me going out of the church." "Dismiss M. Julien." " Julien?" "Why?" " Read." "Send him away with a few crowns." "He'll go to someone else." "Someone else?" "What's this fool talk?" "As a woman whose honour is involved." "And yours." "Ah, that's a good colour." "He'll be happy, right?" "He'll look quite satisfied, we'll make him enjoy the taste." "This isn't the day to give him alcohol." "It was awkward having a peasant." "And here I am compromised because of him." "Not so fast." "Let's think!" "I didn't need to reflect, sir, when I read that." "Your Julien or me, out of here." "Choose." "Why do you say 'sir'?" "And this nonsense?" "Let's think!" "Want to make a scandal for us?" " I'll speak to him myself." " No!" "You'd make him angry." "Why?" "Don't shout." "He wouldn't leave quietly, that's likely." "I know better than you." "I distrusted him when he refused Elisa," " which is very unfortunate." " Why did he refuse?" "You know?" "He spoke of vocation calling him." "But his true vocation is to earn a living." "Well said." "Leave it to me." "All right, but don't delay." "Because this letter has opened my eyes." "I can tell you, he pays me compliments he could have drawn from novels." "He never reads any." "If he invents them, it's even worse." "Elisa was able to hear them." "Why bring up Elisa?" "It's too bad I have to tell you..." "This letter is on her notepaper." "Mine is written on that paper too." "What?" "You'd gotten a letter and didn't say anything?" "Their happiness assumed at times the aspect of crime." "Mama!" "Mama!" "Mama!" "Mama!" " What is it, darling?" " Xavier's sick." " What happened?" " I don't know." "He's red." "He's got a headache." "Julien isn't in his room." "Go, my darling." "I'll come right away." "My God!" "I was here with you, and Xavier gets sick!" " What do you mean?" " God is punishing me and he is right." " It's nothing." "I'll go." " No, not you!" "We've done enough harm." "I'll go." "Remorse already?" "It's wonderful, to be loved by a Christian." "Louise, have I never said "I love you"?" "How have I inspired such love?" "Me, so poor and rude?" "Oh no, my dear Louise, I'll never leave you." "Never!" "Even for a miter." "Oh, poor little thing." "Oh, my God." "Get a hot water bottle." "There." "As the saying goes ..." "I do not know any more, but we had too much happiness." "A king in our house, these wonderful days, the congratulations of the prefect ..." "But it is true that too much satisfaction must be paid for." " No, stay out." " Come, my friend, come." "Enter, Julien." "Why don't you come in?" "It's Julien, little one." "He doesn't recognise you." "You see, I told my wife ..." "I'm not superstitious, but everything's been going too well." "Oh, please." "He'll die because of me." "It kills me!" "Let me count." "I committed a crime." "I don't want God.." "to punish my child!" " Stop making such a show." " I want to sacrifice myself!" "Oh, if you knew ..." "You think I want to know?" "Get up." "He doesn't need this noise." "The fever is still rising." "I'll fight it." "Leave me." "No." "No." "I want to help." "Go away." "Wait." "I've never loved you so much at this moment." "I 'm telling you." "I swear he'll come to no harm." "Oh, it's hot." "Louise, I'd do anything for you." "Not for me, no." "I'm no longer thinking of me." "Things more magnificent than me." "If you want, I will leave." "Yes, my love." "But if you tell your husband he'll chase you away." "Yes." "Out of the countryside, the whole city." "Yes." " And you'll lose your children." " Yes." "But I'll save you." "All the better if I suffer." "I want to bury myself in the mud." "If we're guilty, then take me." "Me, I have nothing to lose." "If only I could take away his illness," "So you would be relieved." "You really love him." "If you were his father, I'd have the right to love you more than he." "If you want, and it would my biggest punishment to remain and love you like a brother." "Could you?" "But me, could I love you like a brother?" "I don't know, I don't know ..." "Listen, we should be separated for a time." "I'll go away for eight days." "Yes." "Where will you go?" "Anywhere." "But during those eight days, swear not to talk to your husband." "I'll try." "If you talk to him, I can never return." "I won't say anything." "Oh no, Julien!" "Don't go." "If you go, I'll tell him everything." "Look at me, stop me from speaking." "You're sure about this?" "Yes, sure." "Stay, Julien." "You won't touch me any more, but stay." "Very well." "I'll stay, Louise." "Oh, my God!" "Oh, he's choking!" "Oh, my God!" "I assure you that if you heal this child, Julien will leave." "Swear with me." "I, who, love you so much." "You see the horrible choice you've given me?" "Oh ..." "Swear." "If Xavier recovers, I will leave." "Swear." "I swear." "Wait." "Look at this." "See Papa's eyes on the wall?" "Looking up." "Looking down." "Happy." "Angry." "I hardly dare go in." "As if his son belonged only to him." "You got what you wanted." "Stop it." "No more of that." "Sorry." "Go see him." "How is he?" "You see, completely cured." "The doctor said?" "I was careful to ask." "He's cured." "That's it, cry." "Me too, I cried." "As for me, it shouldn't be necessary." "Well, this is it." "Louise and Julien will part." "You won't go far?" "Yes." "Very far." "No." "The Moirod house is quite near." "I often go there, our children play together." "There will be less separation than you think." " No." " Why?" "The anonymous letters will keep coming." "What they say is true." "It always will be." "Oh yes, always true." "You see, then." "Yes, you're right, my Julien." "I was mad." "If a real scandal broke, we would be separated forever." "And I would never tutor again." "I was very happy with you." "With you, I could be ... a kind of domestic because I love you." "Never with any others." "No." "It's over." "So?" "I'll find my true place." "At the seminary." "At the seminary?" "But then we won't see each other any more." "Oh, my God!" "Oh, my God!" "I know that you'll approve." "You think I'm still a good Christian." "A good Christian, I ..." "Do you know what I thought?" "At the seminary, at least, there won't be any women." "Even that doesn't relieve me of this torment." "If you had so much of it as I had." "I have had as much as you." "Oh no." "No." "I'm sure not." "Yet my only happiness, now, would be that each of us was as unfortunate as the other." "You can be happy now." "Now you'll live without remorse." "That's nothing." "I accepted the remorse." "And the shame, and the lie." "And if that was my husband." "It looks like you want it to be." "Who's there?" "I've got your suit, M. Julien." "Hang it on the door." "If I'd bought off this girl we'd be happy." "My God." "What has it served me to be rich?" "That money has been useless to my happiness." "You're right, Julien" "Go to the seminary." "Fine." "Why don't you kiss me?" "But if, but when." "No." "Oh, I'm too unhappy." "Not now, my love." "We've got the time being." "Where are you, Louise?" "With you." "I can't tell." "Won't you be a little happy?" "No." "Why not?" "Because I know it's the last time." "13 points, M. Arvaux!" "14 points, M. Fouquier!" "In Pool A, 14 points to M. Arvaux." "In Pool B, 21 points to M. La Renie." "15 points to M. Arvaux!" "30 points, M. Fouquier against 22 points to M. La Renie." "16 points to M. Arvaux!" "In Pool B, 32 points to M. Fouquier!" "17 points to M. Arvaux!" "Sir?" "You want something?" "33 points to M. Fouquier, against 17 points to M. de La Renie!" "Madam." "This is my first time in Besancon." "And I'd like to order  bread and a cup of coffee." "The smoke makes you cough?" "Yes." "I don't smoke." "If you come back before 8:00 am, there's no smoke." "I'm almost alone here." "A small cup for sir." "You're here for the law school?" "Alas, no." "I'm going to the seminary." "Doesn't matter." "Every Thursday at 5 pm, seminarians walk past the cafe." "Oh?" "Every Thursday?" "If you think of me when I pass, hold a bunch of violets." "Miss, I feel" "I love you with a passion." "Don't talk so loud." "Say you're my mother's cousin from Dijon." "Why Dijon?" "May I present my cousin from Dijon." "Oh?" "Well?" "Hey, hey!" "Nothing wrong with that." "We have 20 points to M. Arvaux, against 5 points to M. Poirot!" "Don't stare at him!" "You'd make a case of it before the seminary?" " Whatever." " Stop!" " You want to get me in trouble?" " No, miss." "I'll write everything you must remember." "Go now, otherwise I won't love you." "Although..." "I do like you." "21 points against M. Arvaux, in Pool A!" "What's your name?" "Amanda Binet." "How much do I owe you, Amanda?" "Next time." "Pool B, always 28," "M. La Renie!" "Did I come across well?" "Yes." "Not bad." "Oh, it's so easy!" "And for four years of seminary," "I can't use this weapon." "Enter!" "Well, are you coming in or not?" "Closer!" "Your name?" "Julien Sorel." "I see." "You're late." "Recommended by Father Chelan, the best curate in the diocese, and the least liked." "After me." "You know Father Chelan fares badly in court." "But he's been my friend for 30 years." "His recommendation is a great honour, but also a burden." "For you must earn it." " I'll try, sir." " Well ..." "My protection entails neither favours nor weaknesses." "It is a repetition of care and severity." "Go bolt that door." "Loquerisne linguam latinam?" "Ita pater optime." "Father Chelan showed you some theology." "Your masters will examine you." "You owe me holy obedience, under paragraph 17 of Unam Ecclesiam." "In this house, to hear is to obey." "Therefore you cannot enter in any congregation without my consent." " I promise." " That word has no place here." "It has nothing to do with honour, it leads to many errors." "You go out for a walk or to confess." " Can I choose my confessor?" " Yes, of course." " You, sir." " Why me?" " You're a friend of Father Chelan." " You really want me?" " Yes, sir." " Very well." "I have no love for the bishopric." "The choice is dangerous for you." "You hold to it?" "You couldn't have fully understood." "So?" " I maintain it." " You may already regret, but you hold." "Not bad." " I regret nothing." " Yes, yes." "You have room 103." "Go." "Speech was given to man to aid him at concealing his thoughts." "Sorel!" "Sorel, explain yourself." "What is this I found in your room?" "Father Chelan indeed told me that the seminary is a place of accusations and spite." " Espionage is encouraged here." " Anger, too?" "And you'll make a sentence of it?" "Little rascal!" "The facts!" "The day of my arrival, I was hungry so I went into a cafe." "I was filled with repugnance to be in a place so profane but lunch would have been cheaper." "A woman who seemed in charge of the counter, took pity on my novice appearance." ""If you happen upon any problems come to me for help."" "She gave me this card." "You know I'm telling the truth." "I haven't seen her since." "I'd completely forgotten." "Yeah." "And this woman whose children you taught," "Did you forget her too?" "She died?" "No." "No." "Don't worry, she lives." "She leaves it all to God to recover." "To her confessor, a man whose influence with the Bishop you would lose if certain letters fell into his hands." "What letters?" "She wrote me?" "I intercepted more than 10 letters in the six months since you've been here." "If you've read them then you know I didn't answer." "And who's going to tell me you didn't recieve any others?" "Me, I'm telling you." "Good, you'll destroy them then." " Sir ..." " Here, do it yourself." "Take them." "Go on." "You'll still be paying for this recklessness in ten years." "But tell yourself you're surrounded by enemies, because all my enemies are yours." "And now ..." "Now I won't be here to defend you." "Are you leaving the seminary?" "It has tested my patience, if not my heart." "I won't manage this house any more, I've going to Paris." "He was the only one here." "If he goes, the Jesuits will take control." "And then I'm lost." "What are you thinking about?" "You, sir." "You think I've thrown you to the wolves?" "Should I bite or let them eat me?" "Even I don't know, Julien, as your character is strange." "And redoubtable." "Go to sleep, now, my son." "Sir, they say you have nothing put aside," " during your 10 years spent here." " They say that?" "I have 600 francs of savings." "That too is a mark upon you." "I should have neither hatred nor affection for anyone, and yet, I'm fond of you." "I can't help it." "Your path will be painful." "You will hate yourself because inside you will scream at the vulgarity here." "But I regret leaving you." "A real regret." "I pray to God this night so that he inspires me of the means to help you again." "Go." "I don't hate you, Julien." "And I never will." "I will always hold you most dear, but Heaven has given me the grace of hating my fault." "The sacrifice is done, my friend." "It is not without tears." "Farewell, Julien." "Be just to all men." "Does she lie, like I lied to Pirard?" "But I have reasons to lie here, where everything is a lie." "But why would she lie?" "Is the truth that she no longer loves me?" "And I don't even rebel." "Oh, what to do?" "I'm needed nowhere." "Oh, Julien ..." "Six months of this seminary would kill a man." "Sir!" "Sorel hasn't slept in his bed." "Oh?" "What you doing here?" "All night, I asked God for the strength to remain in this dreadful house." "I too have prayed for you." "I won't leave you here." "It would be a great mistake." "Come with me to Paris." "Paris?" "But what would I do?" "My patron, the Marquis La Mole, will not refuse to give you a job in his house." "If he wants it and if you are worthy, it will be your fortune." "But then I won't be a priest." "You'll remain a priest." "Whatever you propose, M. de la Mole will insist you pursue your studies." "You won't regret leaving anything here?" "Anything ... or anyone?" "Yes." "You." "You'll serve my last mass." "The seminary wasn't a loss for me." "I've won the heart of the one honest man of this house." "I also know why he loves me so much." "Because it fascinates him to compete with the devil for me." "He doesn't know" "If I'll be of the sky or of hell, as they say." "I'm of the earth, M. Pirard." "And that's why I love you too." "You are my real father." "I can't tell you what I think." "And what I think, is that I don't need your world." "This one is enough for me." "My children, before celebrating Holy Mass before you, here are the last words of your director." "In leaving you, it is you that I think of." "What will it be?" "Want honours of the world?" "Wealth?" "The pleasure of command?" "To laugh at laws, and be impertinent without any risk?" "Or do you want eternal salvation?" "For you, my children, it is a question to make a fortune in either this world or the other." "There is no middle ground." "I look among you without knowing who will go from here, and grow in the world." "Others will try to make their way in the paths of the Church and make a success of it." "You can do it." "There are future vicars among you, and, without doubt, a bishop." "But among those who hear me" "I also see empty places, empty seats." "I see deaths, already." "Have you thought about it?" "Within a year, there will not be so many of you." "God will have struck your ranks." "The priests will continue to blow out the candles for them," "there will never be glory or earthly riches." "And in the years to come," "Your ranks will keep thinning." "Flames will go out." "Mine will be the last one to the left." "The last on the left." "That of failed ambition." "That of useless pettiness." "The last one to the left." "The last one." "My God, forgive them." "If Julien is a slender reed, let him perish." "If he has the courage, let him figure this business out by himself." "END OF PART ONE" "Subbed by Badge" "THE RED AND THE BLACK Part Two" "THE RED AND THE BLACK A Chronicle of 1830" "Roberto!" "Sorel's boots." "Ah, there." "Come on, move along." "The left foot, please." "There ... now the other one." "There we are." "Very good, nice!" "Want to walk a little?" "Try them out." "Move your feet." "You've noticed our little museum?" "These shoes are the emperor's." " You made shoes for the Emperor?" " Yes." "We've fitted the court of France for 150 years." "Anyone here?" "Have a care, sir!" "For that?" "If only there was a foot inside." "And as for these shoes..." "Enough of this, sir." "Keep out of it." "Your address?" "You've got no shoes, and you want an appointment?" "Signori!" "No!" " Calm down, please!" " You offend me." "Your address." "Calm down, signori." "You offend me." "Give him your card, sir!" "My card?" "I have cards!" "Ha!" "You're lucky." "If one of those had touched me, I would've killed you on the spot." "Bastard!" "Watch your mouth!" "I don't know anyone in Paris." "Would you be my second?" "Who is this man?" "The Marquis de Croisenois." "I've never seen him before, but I know that name." "I think I've already fitted that family." "I'll be your second on one condition." "If you don't wound the wretch, you'll fight me." "Agreed, sir." "This is done in Paris?" "When we don't have the honour of knowing." "Where do you live?" "46, rue de Varenne." "Could you tell me where it is?" "I must introduce myself today." "Here we are, my friend." "Is that all?" "Is that some contribution to parish costs?" " Sir!" " What?" " Hooligan!" "." " It's nothing." "I'll bust his head." "This isn't the time to have a fight on my hands." "The Marquis is waiting." "You wear the black coat well." "Too elegant for a clergyman?" "Yes, but good enough for mourning." "Here there's a whole nation of lackeys." "They'll be jealous by definition, they'll tend traps." "I defy them." "Let them try." " Gentlemen ..." " They will try." "Marquis, this is Julien Sorel." "And here is the Marquis de La Mole." "Welcome." "The coat's fine." "How many shirts did you bring?" "Two." "That's a start." "Get twenty more." "Norbert!" "I beg your kindness:" "M. Sorel is now part of my staff, and I intend to make a man of him, if it can be done." "Do you ride?" "No more than half a dozen times." "Well, next time will be the seventh." "Tomorrow, then?" "Do you object if he takes dance lessons?" " Well, he's not a priest..." " It'll do him good." "He has a certain something of the Provinces which can be refined." "Don't you think so?" "Arsene, you're in M. Sorel's service." "Ah, I almost forgot to tell you ..." "Every day at 5:30, you will need to dress for dinner, and don't forget your beautiful shoes and stockings." "See you later." "Well?" "Terribly urbane, isn't he?" "It's not words that hurt me." "Am I no more a man of the church?" "Yes, but what am I to them?" "A valet necessary for their salvation." "I won't be staying here long." "There's wealth for a man of our dress from these lords." "I won't bear it." "You'll need to, though." "I'll always have dinner with them?" "It is a duty or a kindness for me?" " It's a distinguished honour." " I don't want it." "Get me permission to have dinner in a dark hostel." "That's Mademoiselle de la Mole, the Marquis' daughter." " I hope she didn't hear you." " I do." "She couldn't despise you any less." "The son of a carpenter in the pay of her father." "You have no idea of that contempt." "You'll be paid exaggerated compliments." "If you're a fool you'll get used to them." "If you want to make a fortune you'll have to accept it." "Yes sir?" "I'd like to see M. Croisenois." "At this hour?" "Give him his card." "A further arrogance." "This man will leave us in the hall." "He'll make us wait three quarters of an hour while he curls his hair." "Then I'll kill him twice." "To see that boorish face yesterday," "I wouldn't have imagined an elegant place like this." "Don't you think?" "Huh?" "Sorry, I hadn't noticed." "That's my name, sir, but I don't know the honour." "I came here to fight with you." "I figured." "It would be ungracious to refuse you." "But, really ..." "I was insulted yesterday." "That's too bad." "Sir!" "I won't refuse a pistol." "Thank you, sir." "But M. Sorel has no quarrel with you, because another stole your card." "How regretful." "Another time, maybe." "His vest is from Staub, that's clear." "It's in good taste, the boots are fine." "But a black coat this early in the morning?" "There he is!" "I know you, you oaf!" "What is it?" "He's the one who threw your cards at me." "In that case, there's grounds for a duel." "I should think so." "I'll dismiss this rogue." "By your leave." "Gentlemen ..." "Let's go somewhere quiet." "Do you use firearms?" "No." "We fight with swords." "Sir!" "Sir!" "It rains, it rains, O shepherdess, Now bring in your white sheep..." "Come into the cottage..." "Good evening." "Quickly, Sheperdhess, let us go..." " Good evening." " Good evening." "Good evening." "I've got news of M. Sorel." " Is he sick?" " I shot him in the arm this morning." "What?" "You shot M. Sorel?" "I didn't know who he was." "To be beaten by your secretary, that would be a ridiculous possibility." "You have some ability, but I advise you to wait, before your first duel." "It will be safer." "You didn't say that you were injured." "It's nothing." "I fell off a horse." "Your horse just came to tell me the news." "I have an admirable idea." "And Madame de la Mole just gave it to me." "Ah, here he is." "M. Sorel, do you mind if we said ..." "The idea came from you, you can say it better." "Well ..." "M. Croisenois has a romantic spirit." "He's fought with the son of a friend." "A gentleman whose name we will withhold." "And not with the son of some carpenter." "That's it." "I'll stick to this story." "If M. Sorel allows it." "I see." "I appreciate this honour." "You've accomplished a big step in your life in Paris." "Let's have dinner." "In a dark hostel?" "The first law of all being is self-preservation." "You sow hemlock and expect to see ripening corn." " Machiavelli." "Arsene, bring my luggage." "So?" "Is it him?" "It's funny, he already has an English bearing." "Well, after three weeks in London to discuss my case..." "He saw many Englishmen?" "Their jurists are alike." "But the laws aren't the same." "That's the first proof of their foolishness." " Where did you get these ideas?" " In the books you won't let me read." "I've forbidden you from that." "You wouldn't like it if I was stupid." "I know, but you could try a little." "From time to time." "Enter!" "Ah, hello, Sorel." "It seems that you are a little English." "According to my daughter." "Unfortunately, I don't like them much." "What have they done?" "To me, nothing, miss." "You got my letters?" "All ended well, your case is won." " You worked well." " Let's just say I worked." "To work enough is to work well." "Well said." "If you'd allow me ..." "What ideas have you brought us from abroad?" "Firstly, the wisest man in England is insane for an hour every day." "Secondly, intelligence and genius are depreciated by 25%, upon setting foot in England." "And thirdly, nothing is more admirable, more beautiful more moving, than the English countryside." "Did you see any man of wit?" "I saw Philip Vane who said, excuse me, M. Marquis," ""The tyrant's most useful idea is God."" "You can leave that idea in England." "I'll bet, M. Profundity, that you don't know what you were looking for there." "Tend more closely to your affairs and you'll find out." "So take this medal." "The medal, sir?" "I don't deserve ..." "You don't deserve the medal?" "You've got it." "Sir, this is too generous." "This medal shows you are a secretary in my house." "I don't wish to raise you above your proper station." "That's a mistake that's unfortunate, for both the protector and the protected." "You are now decorated." "When my lawsuits begin to bore you, or you're no longer acceptable to me," "I'll find you a good parish, like your Father Pirard." "That's all." "Go and rest, my friend." "See you later." "Hey!" " Have a good trip?" " Great, thanks." "But ..." "The Marquis gave me this surprise." "It's a surprise to me, too." "My compliments." "Well, sir, thank you." "For what?" "The red ribbon he's just met." "He's been asking for a medal for 18 months." "It's out of love." "Yes, Julien is fun." "This does not become you, dear M. Mole." "Indeed." "I'm boring." "I admire her beauty, but I'm afraid of her mind." "Lights." "Oh, it's magical." "I arrived too early, how provincial of me." "We'll always be, a little." "Not you, my friend." "This dress fits you a little too well." " In this house ..." " As for that decoration, it doesn't suit you at all, in my opinion." "Oh, M. Sorel, I'm so happy to see you." "I want him to go back to Besancon." "Too late." "You shouldn't have released him into the world." "M. Sorel ..." "Have you ever seen such a wonderful ball?" "I see little." "I spend my time writing." "How wise you are, M. Sorel." "Such extravagance astonishes you without seducing you." "On the contrary." "It doesn't astonish me but always seduces me." "If he is to be lost then he should do it quickly." "Then I won't have to think about him." "Lost?" "He'll be a bishop in seven years." "Yes ..." "That's what I say." "Who's with Sorel?" "Count Altamira?" "Yes, that's him." "He came to seek refuge in Paris." "If I went back to my king," "I'd be hanged in 24 hours." "And ..." "Thank you." "It's one of those moustached gentlemen, who will take me back to the border." "The wretches!" "You're very young." "In France, we do the cruellest things, but without cruelty." "A condemned man at a ball What could be more amazing?" "His failed conspiracy was ridiculous." "He's most interesting." "How?" "The death sentence is the only thing that you can't buy." "A title can be bought." "A medal can be given, like yours." "A degree obtained." "10 years in a garrison and a relative in the ministry, and you become a squadron leader." "As with my brother." "But the death sentence must be earned." "Marry a criminal, then, you'll be very happy." "Why not?" "If he was a man." "Yes ... he was in love." " It was his weakness." " Who?" " Danton, miss." " But he was only a butcher." "No, miss." "You say that because he was ugly." "You talk like a woman." "There is more than ugliness if you concern his soul and not his face." "You don't wear anything." "Only that beard." "What a face!" "Are you in a bad mood?" "Wait until the end of the ball." "What is it?" "Baron de Tully." "An attack of apoplexy!" " My God!" " Never mind." " Mathilde!" " Well, he's old." " He's over there." " Who?" "The one you're looking for." "Can't a girl just look at people?" "All right, quieten down." "We're not at the ball to be quiet, we're here to dance." " Give me that punch." " Watch it, Mathilde." "Anger makes you ugly." "Let it." "Don't lose your head over this little priest." "The revolution in which I was involved was not a success ... because I refused to cut off three heads." "But could you do it now?" "You're very young." "I'll respond to that when you've killed a man in a duel." "It's less ugly than sending him to the executioner." "Me, I'd cut off three heads to save four." "Or even four to save three." "Another Danton, maybe." "Although less ugly." "Fear not, there's no more Danton." "What would he be today?" "Not even the Crown prosecutor." "He'd have sold out to the Jesuits, or become a government minister." "Because, finally, this "great" Danton did his share of stealing." "Napoleon also stole millions." "In Italy." "Otherwise poverty would've stopped him in his tracks." "And you?" "Have you decided whether to steal or sell?" "Must a man who wants to wipe out ignorance and crime, sweep across the earth like a hurricane, doing evil however it happens to take place?" "The best thing for me is to be M. de la Mole's secretary." "My father said that you want to leave for Languedoc." "Miss ..." "Your father has a trial there." "It's helpful if I'm there too." "A trial?" "That's not the real reason." "I'm terribly hypocritical." "It's not hypocritical if you admit it." "Don't rely on that." "It's not simple, hypocrisy." "To my brother, you have an air of a priest." "I am a priest." "You look different when we're alone." "Really?" "I hadn't noticed." "Thank you for warning me." "We won't be alone together any more." "Does it scare you?" "No." "But I know my place." "That's why I'm leaving." "I'll ask my father for you to stay." "Do nothing." "He would obey you." "Don't you like me being here?" "I saw you insult M. Croisenois." "I'm a man, I disliked it." "For him, for you and for me." "What do you care about M. Croisenois?" "Treat him as you understand him." " But I won't play this game." " What game?" "Exactly." "I don't know which." "In the end, it's too complicated." "You show me friendship." "You may be sincere, or want to make me appear ridiculous along with your brother or M. Croisenois." "Nothing proves otherwise to me." "I'm not comfortable here." "So I've asked to get away for a while." "You again?" "Don't stop working." "That would be difficult." " Are you coming to the opera tonight?" " It's April 30!" "That's right." "You'll understand." "April 30, 1574, our ancestor Boniface de la Mole was beheaded." "It's in the third volume of Moreri." "Ingrained in the head of a romantic young girl." "Each year, my dear girl goes in mourning for the anniversary." "On this day she thinks of herself as a widow." "Boniface de la Mole was the lover of Marguerite de Navarre." "My daughter is called Mathilde-Marguerite." "She believes she's inherited bereavements, of her ancestors." "However, Marguerite de Navarre dared to ask the executioner for her lover's decapitated head." "and bore it away for burial." "This tale was made to please my daughter." "What woman today would touch the decapitated head of her lover?" "None." "Thank God." "It's all too heavy for a young girl." "So, is the marriage contract ready?" "I ... here, Marquis." "M. Croisenois will have no complaints." "He wanted my land, Villequier, I gave it." ""I must speak to you tonight."" ""At midnight, take the gardener's ladder and come to my window."" ""There will a beautiful full moon ..."" "Two Ls in "Villequier"." "Watch the spelling, my friend." "She's insane." "She wants me to climb a ladder to the second floor?" "In full moonlight?" "How dashing I'll look on my ladder." "Everyone will have time to see me, even from the neighbouring houses." "What is her purpose?" "To ridicule me?" "Get me killed?" "I'm not going to answer." "But if she's acting in good faith ..." "Then in her eyes I'd be playing the role of a perfect coward." "In this case, if I don't go, I'd always hate myself for it." "Oh, not for her." "There are so many other women." "But there's only one honour." ""This is getting serious, my boy."" ""It's all about honour."" "What poor devil thrown so far down, ever gets an opportunity like this?" "I'll do well with other women, but never one so high up." "That said, I'll do it." "Besides, she's pretty." "You can never be too careful." "I'll send a copy of the note, to a safe place." "To be opened in case of "accident", if I'm attacked in her room, or if a servant pulls me down while I'm climbing the ladder." "What a lovely scandal." "I can tell you." "You're talking out loud, you idiot." "And her brother?" "I haven't come to the fencing lesson." "That swashbuckler!" "Maybe he'll kill me tonight." "Should I let this hour pass or should I go?" "Off we go!" "To arms!" "I thought you'd forgotten me." "Forgotten?" "I think only of you." "Sorry." "It's all right." "That looks like a rehearsal of a duel to the death." ""That's when the drums of the hideous Santerre,"" ""smothered the voice of the unfortunate Louis XVI."" "It takes a long time, for Madame de Marquise to fall asleep." "I've been watching you." "You hesitated." "Don't touch me." "What's this?" "I have all kinds of weapons." "Well ... we have to get rid of the ladder." "I've got just the thing." "What will my mother think seeing her crushed flowers?" "Now drop the rope." "How am I going to get out?" "There." "Your mother's room?" "Yes." "What if she calls for help?" "A servant might shoot me." "Yes." "Fine." "In any case, there won't be any servants in there." "There could be one under your bed." "Maybe." "Have a look." "Very well." "I'll check." "You thought it was an ambush?" "Yes." "There's no point in lying." "At dinner I tried to see, who might do away with me." "You were very pale." "In your pallor I read the sentence of your family." "Your death warrant?" "And you were afraid?" "I was really afraid." "Is that what you wanted?" "And you ..." "You came here anyway?" "You have a man's heart, Julien." "Mathilde!" "Mathilde!" "Mathilde!" "Mathilde!" "There's no-one else here." "Mathilde!" "Mathilde!" "Don't you like me anymore?" "I'm appalled that I gave myself to the first one to come along." "The first one to come along?" "I don't love you enough, to have my head cut off for you." "I promise not to talk to you again." "What's this ..." "Have you lost your head?" "Punirmi Devo, Devo punirmi, (I must be punished)" "Se troppo amai, Devo punirmi, (I love him so much)" "Se troppo amai, amai is troppo," "Se troppo amai, Devo punirmi," "Devo punirmi," "Devo punirmi, Se troppo amai, Devo punirmi," "Se troppo amai, amai is troppo," "Se troppo amai, Devo punirmi." "She doesn't love me." "Why have I put myself in this position?" "Yes, I love her." "I could for my whole life." "Me?" "A lifetime?" "And her?" "One night." "It's not fair." "Mathilde ..." "She's right." "I have too little credit to please her." "All in all, I'm a very dull, common person." "It's decided then, I'll kill myself." "But death would make her despise me even more." "No ..." "I'll go up the ladder again, if only for a moment." "She'll be furious, pour scorn on me, but who cares?" "I'll give her a kiss." "One last kiss." "Then I'll go home and kill myself." "What's the meaning of all this?" "I love him too much!" "I must be punished!" "Who do you love?" "It's the words of the song, mama." "Love him quietly, then." "I've got a fever." "The harpsichord's not going to help." "Has anyone ever wanted to kill you?" "You don't know what it means to be loved." "Punirmi Devo, Devo punirmi," "Se troppo amai, Devo punirmi," "Punirmi Devo, Devo punirmi," "Se troppo amai." "It's you?" "You didn't think of this, Julien." "Did you come to punish me for my atrocious pride?" "Scare her." "The enemy won't obey me unless they're afraid of me." "Don't show her your love, Julien." "You're my master." "I'm your slave." "Should I get down on my knees and beg forgiveness, for having revolted against you?" "Careful, now." "Still be a bit mean to her." "A little." "Not too much." "With what can a young girl gamble?" "With her most precious possession, her reputation..." "Miss!" "Mass 6 pm!" "I'm coming!" "I don't need you this morning." "Forget it, I can do it." "Why?" "It's only the servants who are annoying." "And since you do without them because of me..." "You're my master." "Even when you serve me." " Don't talk nonsense." " Why?" "You're not my master?" "Are you sure you'll still love me in eight days?" "You want guarantees?" "You have the right." "Go away and leave me." "I'll be dishonoured forever." "That's a guarantee." "You'd do it." "You're not afraid of scandal." "But meanwhile, would you still love me?" "It's not your position to put up obstacles." "It's your character." " And if I give you a guarantee?" " A guarantee?" "A true pledge." "Wait ..." "You'll see ..." "A lock of hair?" "That's just a souvenir." "Not just a lock." "I'll cut my hair myself, as if I were entering Mt." "Carmel." "I'm dedicated to you." "Stop it, are you crazy?" "You lunatic!" "Everyone will see." "Yes, everyone will see." "Do you want me to love you?" "Yes or no?" "Yes." "This is wonderful, Julien." "There's no turning back now." "Fine." "Your father will drive me out." "That's right." "Then we'll go out together, through the front door at noon." "Yes, Mathilde." "You'll accept a future so inferior?" "Inferior?" "But Julien, when there's a revolution..." "There won't be." "Well...he won't throw us out." "I have weapons against my father that you don't." "Disgrace ..." "That's a very powerful weapon in the hands of a girl." "I'll use it well." "Have I disgraced you?" "Yes." "From top to bottom." "What happened to your hair?" "You'll get used to it." "I know, but for the 6am mass..." "Come on, hurry." "Mathilde!" "Here!" "Lovable!" "Lovable!" "The day you found her lovable you should have fled." "I behaved badly." "A monster." "Do you hear?" "A monster." "You are a monster." "No, sir." "I've served you well and you've treated me well." "But I'm young, and I'm not an angel." "An angel!" "Yet you're not a bad boy either." "No, sir." "And you know we..." "No ..." "What?" "What is it?" "You, shut up." "You talk all the time." "Go away." "No, stay." "This concerns you as much as me." "And even more." "As for you ..." " You can kill me." " Fine by me." "Or get a servant to shoot me." "Get you killed, get you killed - pfff!" "I'll write that I committed suicide." "Then everything will be fine." "How romantic!" "You're both mad." "Not me." "I don't want him to die." "I can duel with Count Norbert." "I won't fire upon your son." "If Julien is killed, I'll die too." "And it'll be your fault!" "I didn't say anything, it was him!" "But I'll be in mourning first." "This is a mania." "Everyone will know I'm Madame Sorel." "Madame Sorel!" "A smart girl, noble ..." " Beautiful." " Don't make me laugh." "You're not going to be a duchess." " It's impossible." " What's impossible now?" "Can we talk about this reasonably?" "We're both sensible adults." "Until recently, yes." "But now..." "You will agree with me: an estrangement is imperative." "Agreed." " On certain conditions." " No." "I'll make him a lieutenant," " and send him to the provinces." " Bravo." "I love the province." "I wasn't talking about you!" "Did my father imagine that I would be separated from my husband?" "Your husband?" "Never!" "You hear me?" "You will not have my daughter." "He already has." "Don't be so indecent!" "This gentleman should be made to forget a little, first." "I should know nothing about this." "And neither should you." "Not even when he leaves." "The seminary, yes." "But before the seminary?" "The truth, the harsh truth!" "You have the letter?" "This letter isn't suitable." "It's not what had been understood." "My husband dictated it almost word for word." "Unfortunate." "All the worse." "In agreeing to write it, you've still deceived him." "Sin is still rooted in your soul." "I know somewhere quiet to talk." "Come." "Sit." "Take this pen." "Here's what you write:" ""M. Marquis de la Mole ..."" ""My duty,"" ""to the sacred cause,"" ""of religion and morality,"" ""obliges me,"" ""to proceed with the painful step,"" ""I am about to take in writing to you"" ""M. Julien Sorel ..."" "I can't write his name." "Write." "The letter won't be legible if you cry on it." "Let's finish here, I beg you." ""Mr. Julien Sorel..."" ""Of whom you ask me the whole truth,"" ""behaved in my house,"" ""in a most reprehensible way."" "There ..." "Good ..." "Is that comfortable, Lieutenant?" "Wonderfully." "One moment." "Turn around a bit." "It doesn't stand out." "Pity." "Mathilde was right." "The good Marquis can't live without her, nor she without me." "So there you are." "Lieutenant Julien Sorel of the Vernaye." "From Vernaye." "And Madam was born in La Mole." "Take a few steps, sir." "Wait for me!" "I don't see anything wrong with it." "She was wonderful." "And me too, after all." "I was loved by this monster of pride." "I'll get it." "My story is finished." "And the credit is mine alone." "All is lost!" "That horrible woman whose children you taught ..." "Read it!" ""... sacred cause of religion and morality,"" ""to proceed with the painful step I am about to take in writing to you..."" "You told my father her name!" "Quiet!" "I didn't know she still loved me." ""... of whom you asked me the whole truth,"" ""..behaved in a most reprehensible way..."" "" and more that I cannot say ..."" ""An infallible law,"" ""now orders me to do harm to my neighbour,"" ""in order to prevent an even bigger disgrace."" ""I might have thought it proper to hide some of the truth,"" ""Prudence might so desire, as might, also, religion."" ""It's a painful part of my duty to add that I believe,"" ""that M. Julien Sorel has no religious beliefs,"" ""and if he enters in a Christian family,"" ""He will cause scandal and disorder there."" ""Poor and voraciously greedy,"" ""by means of the most consummate hypocrisy,"" ""and the seduction of a weak and unhappy woman,"" ""he has sought position,"" ""and reputation."" ""He cloaks himself with a pretense of unselfishness,"" ""but he has no other purpose,"" ""than to make use of the master of the house and his fortune."" ""He leaves behind him misery,"" ""and eternal regret."" "The hearing is open." "No, we're not getting out." "We'll wait here." "What time is it?" "We're having a bet, you want in?" "Bet?" "For what?" "That he'll be sentenced to death." "I don't bet." "I won!" "I won!" "Very well judged." "I cried when he spoke." "The lawyer made me cry." " How old is he?" " 23." "He's so handsome." "I'm starving." "It's sad." "We need to set an example." "Let's go out, we need to know." "It's only to be expected, with such an attitude." "He wanted to die, he got what he wanted." "It's not possible!" "They can't kill him, he only wounded me." "Let's go, quickly!" "If you go, you'll never see your children again." "There's nothing more to do." "It's over." "I don't want it to be over." "Xavier, Adolphe, look!" "Look how your mother abandons us." "Louise!" "Come back!" "No." "Go!" "If God existed, I would fall at his feet, "I have deserved death," I would say to him," ""but great God, good God, indulgent God, give me back the one I love!"" "They told me that tomorrow I can visit." "Well ... we'll see!" "It's cruel to deny me one day, when he has so little life left." "Don't worry, madame." "As long as there is life ..." "Will you take him his food?" "There's a priest with him now." "This is his." "He came for his pardon." "His pardon?" "What pardon?" "When I say his pardon..." "He should have been reasonable." "You know he refused the chaplain?" "A seminarian!" "He must return to the bosom of the Church, if he wants pardon." "The priest is explaining it to him, upstairs." "Then ..." "When he publicly confesses, and his solemnity is known, the bishop, who has some influence, will do what it takes to prevent the guillotine." "A pardon, Madame." "It's earned." "That's the priest coming back." "So?" "Nothing." "He said," ""I will not return within four steps of the Church."" "He told me again," ""If I despise myself, what is left for me?"" "Then he's lost?" "He loses his body, which is little." "And his soul, which is everything." "Ah, madam." "Where is the little Julien I gave to you?" "Help me see him, I can stop this." "A soul that refuses the good Lord will not fall back into sin." "What if I could get what he refused from you?" "But doubtless he hates me." "He has the right after my horrible letter." "Horrible, indeed." "Does he know that my confessor dictated it to me?" "And the jealousy that was in your heart, did that count for anything?" "Jealousy?" "Ah, yes, I was jealous." "Why shouldn't I die in the church, because I can't do anything for him?" "Is that your repentance?" "I have no other." "I deserve death because I lost Julien." "You'll pay when the time comes, Madame." "He must be saved." "Please listen." "You're his conscience, but there's nothing more there." "I'm his sin, let me try it." "Precisely because I am his sin." "Let Madame see Sorel." "I can't, she doesn't have a pass." "I'll take responsibility." "All right." "Go, madam." "All means are good." "No ..." "I think I'll wait." "Don't wake him." "Gently." "Is that you?" "Is it you?" "I'll see you again before I die." "In 13 years, I've never found a thing." "But it's the rule, and it must be done." "The black man." "They always chant, those animals." "It is forever ..." "Explain to me." "I still believe I'm pious." "I know I've fallen back into my sin." "But when I see you, all my guilt disappears." "All I am is my love for you." "Though the word love isn't enough." "I feel for you, what I should feel for God." "Respect, love," "obedience." "You could say to me:" ""Strike down the jailer with a knife."" "I'd have killed him before I even knew I was doing it." "Now," "I think that to save your life," "I'd give mine for yours, a thousand times over." "You say to me," ""Let me die."" ""Don't ask me to appeal."" "And I don't ask." "I say to myself, "It is well,"" ""He is going to die."" ""It is good."" "Promise me you'll ask for nothing." "Even to yourself." "No." "Nothing ..." "You know, Julien," "I won't live without you." "I'm not asking, I'm ordering you." "Not to end your life by poison, or knife, or any other way." "Do you swear?" "And if we we were to die right now?" "Dying?" "But you're not serious!" "There is no question of dying." "After another month they still won't have done anything." "You'll be here ..." "I'll be here ..." "One month ... we'll spend it together," "in such a delicious manner." "I'll never have been so happy." "Never been happier?" "Never." "I'm speaking to you as I speak to myself." "One month ..." "That's a lot of days." "Many hours." "Be happy, during this wonderful piece of life that remains." "Others think I'm dead." "You and I know that's not true." "No more dishonour for you, no condemnation to death for me." "There's nothing more than love." "No avail to God or man." "Nothing more than us." "Madame de Renal was faithful to her promise." "She did not try in any way to shorten her life." "But three days after Julien, she also died, embracing her children." "Subbed by Badge"