"THE RED AND THE BLACK (PART ONE)" "Paul!" "Take my place." "Let's" "Hello, Your Worship." "Sorel, how are you?" "Jean!" "He knows the New Testament by heart." "In Latin, of course." "Father Chélan tells everyone he's a little miracle." "Is Valenod offering you more?" "Three years of study." "For a boy who speaks Latin like an angel!" "Three hundred francs a year." "I'll offer three hundred, plus clothes and keep." "What about the seminary?" "Stop it!" "He's obviously a better scholar than he is a fighter." " I'll talk to him." " No, I will." "Come with me." "This way, please." "He's not a Bonapartist?" "He's a theologian, Your Worship!" "All right, I'll offer three hundred and fifty francs." "But I want a reply tonight." "If it doesn't work out and he comes back here... can he keep the clothes?" "I'll consider it." "Come in." "What do you want?" "Is this Mr de Rénal's house?" " He's here." " Who?" "The new tutor." "I'll go and get him." "Come in." "Julien Sorel?" "Thank you, Elisa." " So you speak Latin very well?" " Yes, madam." "I must admit I find it hard to think of someone coming between my son and me." "I was expecting someone more..." "You speak Latin fluently?" "As well as Father Chélan." "He's kind enough to say better." "It's surprising." " Why?" " No reason." "I'd imagined some old curate..." "No, not old but..." "They can be so severe." "You won't beat my son?" "No, madam, of course not." "Stanislas will soon be twelve." "He'll be more of a pal for you." "He's with my family now." "He'll be here tomorrow." "So he's arrived!" "Let's start as we mean to go on." "Everyone, apart from us of course, will address you as sir." "Everyone is well treated in this house, if we are pleased with them, of course." "If we're pleased with you, you'll have no regrets." "I know that your ambition is to enter the seminary." "I might be able to contribute something." "We'll see about that." "But you must sever all previous ties." "My son mustn't be exposed to people beneath his station." " Shall we show him the house?" " Elisa will do that." "You'll go straight into town to get fitted out with a suit." "We can't have you dressed like that." "Get your hair cut at the same time." " Has anyone seen him?" " Elisa." "Make sure the suit is delivered tonight, before our son returns, so that you'll be presentable when we introduce you." "Is Mr Sorel's room ready?" "So what are you waiting for?" "What do you think?" "He won't last a month." "No, I'll never be able to put up with them!" "But you're used to it." "You childhood wasn't exactly full of love." "If only I could go straight to the seminary." "Your vocation is commendable." "But beware!" "The church... is a haven but not an escape." "I've told you before." "You still doubt me?" "Don't have any illusions." "Being a priest requires certain characteristics:" "tolerance, abnegation..." "a rejection of earthly pleasures." "I've not much to reject." "Did you burn everything?" "The books, the documents?" "Everything to do with Napoleon?" "Beware!" "Today's bourgeoisie won't hesitate to snoop in their servants' rooms." "Yes, I know." "Proud boy!" "You hate the rich and scorn the poor." "You hate where you come from and detest where you're going." "Where are you going?" "Do you even know?" "Verse 317:" "Non ficit..." "Tuti ominacioni justicia manifestacit." "Verse 419..." "Deus Israel... lpse dabit virtutem et fortitudinem plebisuae." "He shall bestow strength and virtue on His people." "I'll never be as good as you." "If you study hard enough, one day you'll know as much as me." " What are you doing, Elisa?" " Nothing." "Napoleon tried to return us to the ways of the ancien régime." "The kingdom for his sisters, jewels for his mother..." "And a coronation!" "For him!" "How ridiculous!" "But Charles X had a coronation, too." "Didn't he?" "But he's a legitimate king, a Bourbon." "Don't start again!" "Titles you can buy are worthless." "Aren't they, Mr Valenod?" "That's true." "This is a world of parvenus." " Can I go and play?" " Yes, my dear." "Mr Sorel, you're not of our of our age group." "What do you think?" "About what, madam?" "About all that..." "Our society." "I think that there are some noble parvenus, and that there are some people of low birth" "who are sometimes a lot more noble than certain aristocrats." "How do you recognize a true aristocrat?" "By his education and his courtesy to his inferiors." "Well said!" "And Bonaparte?" "What about him?" "Bonaparte was a murderer." "I abhor his memory!" "How's it going?" " How did you get in?" " Over the wall." " So how are they treating you?" " You look thinner." "Mama, mama!" " Have you seen Julien?" " I think he's in the house." "I couldn't stop myself." "I wrote you another." "You mustn't!" "But you said you liked my poem about the swallows." "Stop, please!" "No more letters!" "Good Lord!" "Don't just stand there, go and get help!" "Julien!" "I don't believe it." "Oh, God!" "You're opening your eyes!" "What happened?" "He's sleeping." "I gave him a few drops of arnica." "He needs a cold compress." "He refused it, and just as well." "My Benoit is so jealous." "if I gave him a compress..." "What a fuss!" "The other day he said that since the new tutor arrived" "I don't talk to him any more." "He's right, isn't he?" "Well, as I said to Father Chélan, he's only a carpenter's son." "You spoke to Father Chélan?" "I have an inheritance coming to me." "My aunt is leaving me her haberdashery in Besancon." "We could marry." " He wants to be a priest." " That would be a shame." "Have you spoken to him?" " Louise, can I come in?" " Not now, I'm with Elisa." " See you tomorrow." " OK, tomorrow." "Have you spoken to him?" "Almost..." "lots of times." "He comes to the washroom often." "He only has two shirts." "He comes to hurry me up with the ironing." "Only two shirts?" "I like it when he scolds me." "I feel like we're already married." "Do you think he'll have me?" "I loved him at first sight." " How old are you?" " Eighteen." "When I was your age everything was already arranged." " It's funny when you're rich..." " It's easier, anyway." "Yes, it's easier." "Does "myrtle" have a y?" "Myrtle." "M-Y..." "Right..." "Next, copy out the list of dangerous insects." "Excuse me." "Copy out that list, I'll be right back." "He had a temperature this morning." "How is he?" " A cold, that's all." " I mollycoddle him." " You're sure he's fine?" " Would you like to check?" "I'm very grateful for what you've done with him." "Really, you've done wonders." "I'm the only heir to my uncle, who spoils me with presents." "Too many presents." "I'd be so happy if you'd accept some money to buy clothes with." "But I'd rather you didn't tell my husband." "I'm poor, madam, but I'm not a valet." "I would never conceal anything concerning our financial arrangements from Mr de Rénal." "I've offended you." "You must think me very low, madam." "I humiliated him." "This young man I respect and admire," "I belittled him." "If you'd seen how he looked at me, when I told him not to mention it to my husband!" "Why did you say that?" "It's not my habit to interfere in money matters." "The shame!" "I don't know what to do." " Would you like some water?" " With sugar, please." "It's awful!" "I really offended him." "You touched an open wound, that's all." "A painful one." "You're not to blame." "He's a proud young fellow." "He needs teaching a lesson or two." "There's something else." "Elisa spoke to you about it." "To me, too." "I got married at sixteen." "My husband is a good man, we get on very well." "But, listening to that young girl..." "She's charming, isn't she?" "So fresh, so full of life..." "Her eyes shone as she talked about her plans for the future." "And I felt within myself a sense of injustice." "Jealousy?" "No, God forbid!" "Not jealousy." "But envy... bitterness... regret." "The idea of that young couple..." "But he wants to be a priest." "God doesn't like to leave things too comfortable for too long." "You'll find the strength to fight these feelings in prayer." "Such feelings are part of life." "They appear as youth disappears." "You've spoken to God, now it's time to speak to your husband." "You should sort out this little financial matter with him." "A true marriage is based on honesty and trust." "You let a servant refuse your offer!" "He's not a servant." "Anyone who lives here and receives a salary is a servant." "I'll talk to this peasant!" "I'll give him 100 francs in front of the other servants." "But you're mad!" "Yes, it's a large sum." "In front of the others?" "They'll all hate him." "If you humiliate him, he'll go." "And you know where." "But we can't let such a slight go unpunished." "His sort has to know his place." "Well, give him the hundred francs, but in private." "It was all my fault." "It's not my place to deal with money matters." "Women!" "Inefficient machines always in need of repair!" "Elisa, come with us." "Stroll with us." "Sir says you should eat or you'll be too weak to travel." "I'm not hungry." "I've still got a temperature." "Pass me the orgeat syrup, please." "Have you been crying?" "He said no." "That's that!" "He said no?" "Someone's been bad-mouthing me, or he thinks I'm ugly, that's all." "Absolutely not." "There's some other reason." "He wants to be a priest." "I'd rather die than see him say mass." "He actually said no?" "This morning." "But perhaps if..." "you spoke to him." "I've got nothing to lose." "I shall speak to him." "Thank you, madam, thank you!" "Oh, would you?" "Are you sure" " you won't eat?" " A bit of roast, maybe." "With some rice." "The walnut trees?" "You're not going to cut them down?" "Twelve walnut trees." "They cost me!" "Their shade stops the wheat growing." "You can't think like that." "Yes, I can!" "Each tree has to pay its way." "Pay its way!" "That's all you think about." "Julien..." "Elisa asked me to talk to you." "I have nothing to say." "Really?" "You and Elisa..." "She's a charming girl." "And she's going to inherit, too." "And she's from Bordeaux." "if I were you..." " That's not the point, dear." " Then what is the point?" "I'm not ready yet to make such a decision." "Think about it." "My wife is right." "Your father's only a carpenter, and if she's going to have money..." "Stop it." "You're embarrassing him." "Julien, come with us!" "I just wanted to say that I'd contribute to the dowry, if the two of you would stay with us for a while." "Thank you very much, but I have other plans." "What about the seminary?" "But you were talking about Elisa!" "Well, if he has a vocation, I won't say another word." "Good." "Not a word!" "Hurry up!" "I'm hungry." "Stanislas!" "Look." "Take these flowers to your mother." "Thank you, darling." "Happy, Elisa?" "Are you leaving?" "The council at Verriéres." "I shall be back Saturday." " See you Saturday." " Saturday!" "Another one!" " Three... no, four!" " Four." "Stanislas, look who's here." "Stanislas, put this on." "You'll catch cold." "I'll catch you!" "Where are the shoes from?" "Paris..." "My cousin thinks I dress too simply." "First one back wins a bag of marbles!" "He'll wear me out!" "Stanislas worships him." "He took to him straight away." "But he's a secretive boy..." " Stanislas?" " No." "Julien." "Is your husband happy?" "You're letting your son grow up." "Yourself, too." "It was about time." "That's true." "Besides God, your husband and your son, you never had any other subjects of conversation." " Shall I clear the table?" " Yes." "Come on, Stanislas." "It's time you were in bed." "Goodnight." "When we were young girls..." " Orange blossom tea?" " Thanks." "She always treated me like a baby." "Still does." "You make me sound like your grandmother!" "We're practically the same age." " Do you have any siblings?" " Two brothers." "Monsters!" "And your parents?" "I bet you take after your mother." "I never knew my mother." "My father..." "My father is a coarse, uncultured man." "All he can talk about is money." "He's not the only one!" "Our century is corrupted by money." "Who are worse, those who have it or those who want it?" " But let's talk about you." " I'd rather not." "I'm sorry, I must seem rather touchy." "I'm not really like that." "It's because of my childhood." "We had fun today, though." "Thanks mostly to you." "For the first time in my life I'm not surrounded by enemies." "Oh, we had a few enemies at school!" " Remember?" " You had more than me." "Do you remember Camille?" "She's been married twice!" "What a delightful evening!" "It's so quiet here." "It's like one of Mozart's silences." "No, gentlemen, round the back." "Someone take my horse!" " Very good straw this year." " Yes." "What's going on?" "Are you alone?" "Where's Julien?" "Your mother?" "Mrs Derville?" "Still asleep." "I heard them chatting until after two in the morning." "Mr Sorel, do you know what time it is?" "I hope you slept well!" "It's not the end of the world." "We expected you later." "I told you the straw would be delivered this morning!" "This house is going to the dogs!" " Hello to you, too!" " Mr Sorel, come with me!" "Under my mattress, a portrait!" "if it's found, I'm done for!" "If Benoit finds it, I'm done for." "Sir, I want to leave." "I would like my wages, please." "Well, this is out of the blue!" "May I ask why?" "Never mind." "Have you told my wife?" "She will understand." "We'll talk about it at Verriéres." " Julien, where are you?" " Here, sir." " What's got into you, Julien?" " I'm very tired." "I don't pay you to sleep late." "That's what Sundays are for." "I've never neglected your son." "He shouldn't have to wait for you." "If you think he'd be better off with another tutor, I'll go." "What's got into you all?" "Can't I even reprimand you?" "There are other places I could go, sir." "Go, then!" "What a mule-headed creature!" "Julien!" "I didn't mean it." "Aren't you happy here?" "I'm really very tired." "Well, take a day or two off and have a lie-in, then." "When you come back perhaps you'll get up earlier." "Louise!" "They kicked me out of bed to change my mattress!" "Mama, no classes today!" "Julien's going." "Are you leaving?" "I've been given two days' leave." "At ten o'clock," "I grabbed hold of her hand!" "She pulled away, I grabbed it again and held on." "And she left it there!" "I'd been thinking about it all day." "I'd told myself that if I didn't hold her hand for ten seconds" "I'd have to shoot myself!" "What is this?" "A game?" "Your revenge on the husband?" "He's an odious creature!" "If you heard him and his friends talking about Napoleon..." ""The usurper", "the dwarf"." "I'd like to see the old fossils down on their knees!" "Flabby, rich old fools!" "I'd shout at them:" ""On your knees before the little lieutenant," ""who conquered the world with nothing but his sword!" ""On your knees, you old fools!"" "His sword and his women!" "So what are you going to do next?" "Hold her hand for twenty seconds?" "A hand is very nice, but..." "But what?" "Bonaparte, at your age, had got a lot further with Josephine." "He was 23!" "All right, then." "When he was 23." "You're letting it show!" "I knew right away." "Do you know why?" "You seem less carefree..." "but much happier." "It's a shame it's your first time." "That's why it shows." "You never had your fun as a girl." "You got married, that was that." "And now it's happened." "Not a second passes that you don't think of him, your heart leaps at the sound of his voice, and all the time you're terrified that it might stop." "I'm terrified that it will go on." "But watch out, he's impetuous." "He's suffered." "You've always been so naive." "Adultery is a war!" "Not that word, please!" "What word? "War"?" "Nothing has happened, nothing will." "I've never been alone with him." "What was in that box?" "A portrait?" "A woman, I suppose." "He's probably with her now." "It's all I can think of." "Do you think he's with her?" "He'd have said where he was going otherwise." "He hates his father and Father Chélan is away." "Some woman he must have met... but where?" "You think women are still the key?" "You can lose everything because of a woman." "How are things?" "How's the business?" "I supply wood to all the top people in the area." "It's starting to annoy your father." "Have you seen him?" "He hates me since I left his sawmill." "I need an accountant, Julien." "We could be partners." "No initial outlay and you'll earn 4,000 francs a year." "No more odious Mr de Rénal!" "In eight years you'll have 200 gold Louis!" "You know I don't care about money." "I want to make my name." "I'm sure you'll win, my dear." "So how was your trip?" "Interesting." "A business proposition was made to me." "Louise, come and help your son!" "You go." "Were you far away?" "Whose portrait was it?" "I would like to know." "I should leave." "With her?" "The woman whose portrait it was?" "I'll never make it as a priest if I stay here." "Has something happened?" "You seem... nervous." "Am I right?" "Nervous?" "Not at all." "I feel quite at ease with you." "Really?" "And why is that?" "Perhaps because you alone never saw my peasant clothes." "That was a bad move!" "In life be more careful, otherwise anything can happen." "Do you understand, my son?" "I'll have a cup of verbena tea." "What were you reading earlier?" ""The Princess of Cleves"." "Have you read it?" "Oh, you don't read novels, do you?" "Actually, I've just started "Dangerous Liaisons"." "Laclos?" "He's licentious and depraved!" "You didn't find that in your husband's library!" "How little we know those close to us!" " And ourselves." " Mama!" "Papa won, but we'll play again." "No, it's time you were in bed." "Leave your door open tonight." " You're mad!" " ls there any tea left?" "Stanislas, kiss your mother then go to bed." "You have something to say?" "I love you." "I love you." "I love you passionately!" "I don't know what to do any more." "You have to help me." "He") me!" "Please, you mustn't!" "You're so young." "If my husband heard, I'm done for." "But I don't care!" "And you'd let him kill you without a care?" "No, not this morning." "For the first time I really want to live." "I feel invincible!" "Do you still love me?" "Oh, yes." "I love you." "But what about the priesthood?" "You can be the Pope, a cardinal, whatever!" "Like Richelieu." "Are you going to tell me now whose portrait it was?" "No, I can't tell you." "Then I'll wake up the..." "No!" "It was Bonaparte, Napoleon Bonaparte." "Bonaparte?" "I was so unhappy because of Bonaparte?" "But he's dead." "My little Bonapartist, my love, my rebel!" "What a wonderful rival, Bonaparte!" "I'm so bad at this!" "Where's Valenod?" "At the town hall." "He won't be long." "I'm sorry." " Do you love me?" " I want you!" "Oh, bother!" "You're not subtle enough." " Neither are you." " Oh, please!" "You're making a fool of yourself." "I'm your friend and I won't..." "My friend?" "You're sick with jealousy!" "For fifteen years I've heard all about your affairs." "A different man every week!" "Keep your advice!" "The King is coming!" "He'll be here Sunday!" "Valenod, at last!" "His Majesty is coming, it's just been announced." " He'll need a guard of honour." " No expense spared!" "How many horsemen, six, eight?" " The boy seems very fond of you." " He's very affectionate." "And you?" "We'll prepare a room..." " For whom?" " The King." "Oh, no." "What a chore!" "Going back to Verriéres when it's so nice here!" "I can hear your confession if you like." "Not now, it's going to rain." "Who'll command the guard?" "I'm afraid it'll have to be you, my poor Moirod..." "Oh, no!" "Since I fell off my horse..." "You're right." "I'm not cut out to be a chaperon." "I'm sorry, I was hateful." "Honesty is part of friendship." "I accept yours, so accept mine." "You're losing your head." "An emergency, my house is flooded." " The river!" " At this time of year?" "I don't believe it." "You have a lover!" "Benoit can take me." "You can send my bags." "See you soon." "I can see myself out." "Open your eyes." "He's young and you're rich." "You'll end up being ridiculed like so many others." "I'll see you wear something else for a change." "A sky-blue tunic with silver epaulettes." "You'll be the most handsome by far." "You're forgetting I'm not noble enough..." "You annoy me with those old-fashioned ideas!" "Moirod does as he's told and I can twist Valenod around my little finger." "You smell so good." "You know, Julien..." "I'll ask Vernod to let you ride one of his Norman horses..." "I'm not sure I want to parade..." "for the King." "You won't be parading for him." "You'll do it for me." "I'll be watching." "You'll put them all to shame." "Long live the King!" " Get off that horse this instant!" " I can't." "Go and get changed and meet me in the vestry!" "This has to stop!" " I don't understand." " You're a laughing stock." "You and your schemes!" "What schemes?" "A carpenter's son has no place among the town's noblemen." "Are you scorning a carpenter's son, father?" "Julien's more noble than any of them!" "I'm just trying to protect him." "If you don't stop this affair, God will!" " Hurry up!" " Aren't you saying mass?" "No, it's the bishop today." "I, for one, know my place!" "Mama, I don't feel well..." "Three days he's had this fever!" "What's going to happen, doctor?" "The fever doesn't worry me." "But he's not really conscious." "It'll be a slow recovery." " And if he doesn't recover?" " It'll be quick." "Don't mention that to my wife." " Can I help?" " No, thank you." "God is punishing me, God is just." "He's abandoning me, punishing me for my crimes." "Talking nonsense doesn't help, Louise!" "Listen, you have to know the truth." "I'm killing him!" "I who gave him life." "I'm a murderess!" "I must abase myself, prostrate myself and ask for heaven's forgiveness." "You'll wake him up." "Come on, you need to rest." " You must listen to me!" " Come on, leave him." "Julien, could you watch Stanislas, please?" "Come for me if anything happens." "Louise, come now." "One more minute, please." "I'll see that your room's ready." "Go!" "Leave this house, please!" "I'll do whatever you ask... but on one condition:" "be careful!" "Above all, you mustn't tell your husband about us." "You'd never recover from the scandal." "Good, I'd be despised and dragged in the gutter!" "But my son would live!" "Go!" "Let me stay." "I shan't touch you or speak to you." "I'll love you like a brother." "I can't love you like my brother." "I just can't!" "I don't know what to do any more." "If something happened to him you'd hate me for ever." "Why couldn't you be Stanislas' father?" "It would be no sin to love you like I do." "Don't go, don't leave me." "I can't stop loving you." " Are we disturbing you?" " Not at all." "We thought that as it's Sunday..." "How is Stanislas?" "He's out of danger." "Come on in." "Please, dear friend." "Excuse my dress, I was napping." "We've spent many a sleepless night just recently." "Louise!" "Now where has she got to?" "Mama went out." "The doctor told you to stay in bed!" "Come with me." ""My life began the day I met you."" "Say it in Latin." ""I'd give eternity for a day with you."" "Kiss me!" "How long was she here?" "Elisa?" "Two years, I think." "A bit longer, perhaps." "The servants aren't my domain." "She's not the sort of girl to make up silly stories." " Not at all." " Why did she leave?" "A broken heart, I think." "Because of Julien." "Or so I heard." "And if we employed her?" "I'd have no objection." "She's an excellent maid." "My wife can tell you more." "We'll be back at Verriéres soon." "You can ask her then." "Your wife must be tired." "Give her my regards." "Yes, she is quite exhausted." "Bon voyage!" "No longer afraid?" ""Fear", "repentance"..." "What do those words mean?" "Falcoz, did you write this, you bounder!" " Let go!" " Did you or didn't you?" "It was you who wrote to the ministry:" ""Ruin all the little printers and create a monopoly."" "You tried to ruin me after 20 years of friendship!" "And now you accuse me of God knows what!" "Here, read this." "I'm sorry, I lost my head." "Leave us." "Go on!" "Any truth in it?" "If I catch him with my wife I'll kill them both!" ""This peasant of a tutor is your wife's lover."" "Who is he?" "And why accuse me?" " The carpenter's son." " Julien Sorel?" "If I kill him everyone will condone it." "The law, my friends, a jury..." "A knife in his gut..." "I could stab him in the gut!" "What a scandal!" "It would even make the Paris newspapers." "Someone of my birth, too..." "and with my success!" "My factories, my chateau..." "I've got plenty of enemies, though." "I'd have to go abroad, change my name." "Or I give him a good hiding and kick her out like a whore!" "It's Elisa." "Mr Julien, I have something to tell you." "Ask Mr Ducros to order Montaigne's essays for us." "I've done something terrible." " I talked to Mr Valenod." " About what?" "I told him everything about what I know, what I saw." "That she's your mistress." "Who?" "Who's my mistress?" "That was an abominable thing to do!" "He sent an anonymous letter to Mr de Renal." "He cut the words out of a newspaper." "I'm sorry." "What if it's all lies?" "It must happen to lots of women." "People are getting to me through her." "And I fall for it!" "She's a wonderful woman, she's always been a perfect wife." "Always!" "What can I do?" "What should I do?" "We saw Elisa this afternoon." "How is she?" " She's working for Mr Valenod." " That's right." "They came here the other day, asking about her." "I forgot to mention it." "Sorry." "I'm sure she's still very fond of you, Julien." "And that it's not too late." "She's pretty, too..." "quite delicate." " Yes, she's very pretty!" " What do you mean by that?" "Nothing." "She's a young girl..." "who's very ambitious." "And so are you." "It's not necessarily a failing." "Ambition, shared by two people, is better than selfishness." "Don't you think?" "Oh, yes." "Are you sure he's asleep?" "Sit down." "Go on, write." "We'll confuse things." ""Madam," ""I know your secret." ""It is with the best of intentions" ""that I advise you to end your affair" ""with that little schemer..."" "Write it: "that little schemer..." ""on whom you bestow such indecent favours."" "That part's true!" "Carry on." ""Your husband knows." ""We've seen to that."" "Cut the words out and stick them on this sheet of paper." "Why are you looking at me?" "I don't know." "One moment you're full of remorse, the next you're hatching plans..." "This way." "Come on." "Please, wait." "I want you." "No, not now." "I'll read the letter to him and insist on your leaving." "But not for too long..." "I'll change my mind, and you can come back." "I want you, more than yesterday, more than ever." "Madam!" "Mrs de Rénal!" "You'll have to find yourself a new confessor." " Why?" " I'm going to retire." "Already?" "What a shame!" "I'm sorry but we're expecting guests..." "As I shan't see you any more" "I wanted to ask you a favour before I go." "Julien must go to the seminary as soon as possible." "Julien is free to do whatever he wishes." "Julien mustn't end up as just another tutor." "He's too talented for that." "A wonderful career awaits him... if his reputation as a lady's man doesn't spread any further." "Your destiny is your own affair, but you're hurting him, madam." "You must dismiss him." "By keeping him close to you you are ruining his life." "Louise, I was looking for you." "No, don't go, father..." " Dinner on Tuesday?" " Tuesday, fine." "Bring your protégé." "He's so charming, like a faithful little dog!" "When you're done with him we'll take him." "Tuesday, then." "Yes, you like other people's cast-offs!" "Excuse me, I must speak to my husband." "Excuse me, gentlemen." "Read this." "Someone handed it to me in town and then ran away." "It's terrible." "We have to dismiss that boy." "Give him some money so he can go." "Anywhere!" "He'll find a job." "The Valenods and Mongirons are both after him." "Let him go!" "Be quiet!" "Think about it for a moment." "It's true you've been buying lots of new dresses recently." "I've been calumnied and that's all you can say!" "Look, making a fuss about this would look very bad." "Everyone would love that." "We must act together." "Together?" "Did you also receive an anonymous letter?" "Did you tell me?" "You don't trust me!" "It didn't seem important." "But we have a dangerous individual under our own roof!" "For all his fine ways he has no tact." "It's his fault." "Refusing to marry Elisa because of her secret liaisons with..." " With whom?" " Valenod." "Everyone knows." "What?" "He wanted me, but the maid would do." "Why didn't you tell me?" "Because he's your best friend." "But I've never liked him, as you know." "His letters are trite." "And his poems..." "He's written to you!" "Dozens of letters, each one more inept than the last." " Calm down." " Give me the key, then." "No." "It's a matter of principle." "The bastard!" "I'll kill him." "Calm down and listen." "You'll be an MP soon." "The King even hinted there may be higher honours for you." "If you confront Valenod, the whole area will know, and Paris, too, that you rub shoulders with a parvenu like him." "Don't talk to Valenod, and dismiss Julien." "If you don't, I will!" "But it has to be done right, so no one suspects anything." "You said so yourself." "So, to thank Julien for his hard work, you've decided to pay his fees at the seminary." "All his fees?" "Do you want to shut them up?" "Lots of people envy you." "And why is that?" "Because of your talents." "You're a good mayor." "You have several houses, tastefully furnished." "My dowry was considerable and I'll inherit even more." "You're the most important man in the area." "What do you expect?" "People are jealous." "You are so clever." "You noticed my new dresses?" "So you do look at me!" "Of course." "Your friends are waiting." "Thank you." "I didn't sleep a wink." "Why didn't you let me in?" "He'll pay all your fees for two years, Julien." "It's wonderful!" "You must go to the seminary." "It will open doors for you." "Why didn't you let me in?" "Maybe I should learn to know my place!" "It had to happen one day." "You have no right to say that, Julien, no right!" "I love you." "I believe in you, I want you to go far." "Is that the only reason?" "I don't want to lose you." "You don't understand." "I'm doing this for you." "I can't live without you." "You'll forget me." "I thought that you..." "had already forgotten me." "I'll leave immediately." " What's your name?" " Julien Sorel." "You took your time." "It's very late." "Anyway, he's waited for you." "Come!" "He's here." "Come on in." "I have a letter..." "of recommendation." "Sit down." ""This is to introduce Julien Sorel," ""whom I baptised myself." ""The son of a carpenter," ""I think he will nevertheless work hard" ""as a servant of God." ""He has a good memory, is not lacking in intelligence," ""and is a fine Latin scholar..." ""Will his vocation be a sincere and lasting one?" ""Only God knows." ""His fees will be paid by his former employer," ""Mr de Rénal, the mayor of Verriéres." ""I have done the Lord's work now for 40 years" ""and am looking forward to a quiet retirement."" "Good old Chélan!" "God grant us his serenity!" "A sincere vocation?" ""Only God knows."" "if you hadn't been recommended by such a man," "I'd warn you about this deceitful world, its vain conceits, and all of that..." "But I suppose he's already done that." "Yes, and I give you my word of honour that..." "That means nothing here, that so-called honour that people in the world use to justify all their faults and crimes." "The "ad sacram" bull?" "In the year 1656," "Pope Alexander VII issued the "ad sacram" bull, condemning the Jansenists, despite the intervention of Pascal who..." "Very good." "What about faith?" "Do you have faith?" "That of the heart." "Not that of reason." "Pascal again." "It's late." "We'll talk again." "You have cell number 103, Mr Sorel." "Improve yourselves, of course." "Study hard." "That's why you're here." "But above all, learn to submit to the Pope's beneficence." "It is on him, and him alone, after God, that your future depends." "The fact is that you will need the security of..." "Yes, Mr Sorel?" "Studying the sacred texts and the great theologians, striving to the best of our abilities to elevate our souls..." "You're telling us that all that is secondary?" "It's important, very important." "But secondary." "It's more important to study flattery and servility than St Augustine?" "All I'm saying, Mr Sorel, is that on a cold winter day when you trudge home to an empty larder, you may rue the time you chose to spend with St Augustine rather than in flattering the old curate you're replacing." "End of lesson." "Think about it." "Pope?" "Why not?" "Sixtus the Fifth was a swineherd as a boy." "Keep dreaming!" "Only Italians get to be pope." "Bishop, then!" "The Bishop of Chélon's father was a cooper." "Mine was a butcher." "Just as good!" "I'd like a nice mountain parish." "Chickens, eggs, cheese..." "Better than being in a city." "What's wrong, Martin Luther?" "Don't you like sausages?" "Ah, he looks all unhappy!" "Did the lentils give you the wind?" "No, you haven't touched them!" "You're too different." "You'll always be apart from them." "I keep myself informed." "I know you're top in theology, history and algebra." "You live in your dreams or in your books." "You despise your classmates and scorn your teachers." "Pride... pride..." "I hoped I'd find someone here who could be my guide." "But I've found no one at all." "I would have done you more harm than good." "I myself am in a rather difficult position." "I'm suspected of Jansenism." "I'm also the lawyer of a rich man in Paris: the Marquis de la Mole." "That's held against me, too." "After fifteen years in this post I might be forced to leave." "Who will replace you?" "Father Frilair, a Jesuit." "He hates me." "If you'd been my protégé, he'd make you suffer." "I can do something for you before I go." "I can give you the position of reader in the refectory." "Would you do that?" "You'll be able to eat alone, an hour before the others." "Here's the key to the garden." "You can go for walks." " Thank you, father." " Oh, come now." "I've been watching you for a few months." "I'm not supposed to have special feelings for individuals." "But I've grown very fond of you, my child... in spite of myself." "There's something in you which won't tolerate mediocrity." "You'll have a difficult career." "You'll be hated." "You'll be slandered and envied." "But stay true to your principles whatever happens." "I saved some money when I was working as a tutor." "If you need it, it's yours." "That won't be necessary." "Thank you." "Now leave me." "Father, I haven't been sent any letters here, have I?" "Not one." "Not one." "It's so good to see you." "I've been coming every month for nine months." "They never let me in." "Today I slipped some money to him at the gate." "I should have thought of it earlier." "Look at you!" "Aren't you eating?" "Yes, I eat." "And I go for walks in the garden." "I'm allowed to eat alone." "Those oafs hate me." "And it's mutual." "So I see." "Verriéres had nothing on this place!" "This is the home of hypocrisy." "The religion here is the worship of money." "It's their only religion!" " Do you want some news?" " You have some?" "She's become very pious." "She only goes out to go to confession." "And the new priest is very strict." " Have you seen her?" " The other day, coming from mass." "Tell me, how was she?" "She must have changed." "I haven't had one letter!" "It was for your own good." "Yes, I know." "Look, I don't think I'll stay here much longer." "My door is always open, you know that." "The Father Superior..." "Father Pirard told me that... perhaps I could go to him in Paris." "There, next to the chest." "No, don't put it down." "Stand it up, that's it." "Good." "A bit to the right." "Above the chair." "Yes, come in." "Above the chair." "That's it!" "Hang it there." "Mr Sorel, I'll be brief." "I know you've had special treatment, but I'm going to run things differently." "Put them away." "I won't tolerate privilege in this establishment." "You will henceforth eat with your classmates." "Yes, father." "Take this box, there are a few things..." "The key to the garden." "There are a few things in this box that Father Pirard left in the bottom of a cupboard." "Make sure they get to him." "You know where he is, I suppose?" "With his friend the Marquis." "Yes, father, I know." "Very well." "You may go." "Julien, my love," "I've found peace at last." "Heaven has chosen not to hate my partner in sin, who will always be most dear to me, but the sin itself." "I have made my sacrifice and shed many a tear." "A vengeful but just God will never punish my son for my unforgivable sins." "Farewell, Julien." "Please do not reply." "Or, if you must, use words that a woman returned to virtue can read without blushing." "Be quiet!" "It's me, remember!" "Be quiet, there's a good boy!" "Louise, it's me." "Let me in." "Let me in, please." "It's me." "Fourteen months!" "Let go of me!" "Go away!" "I'll call my husband." "Go on, then." "Call him." "Call him." "If you've forgotten me I've got nothing to lose." "I pity you." "Now go!" "You can't do this." "You haven't seen me for a year." "Can we at least talk?" "I no longer have the feelings I once had for you." "Look me in the eyes and tell me you no longer love me." "Say it!" "I told you in my letters." "You never replied." "I never got your letters until yesterday." "I've come to say goodbye." "I'm going to Paris." "You're leaving?" "Isn't that what you want?" "You'll never see me again." "Let us talk, then, if you insist." "No, leave your hand there." "How is Stanislas?" "He talks of you often." "He knew nothing." "He was the only one!" "Tell me about the seminary." "I've never stopped thinking about you, not for a minute." "I've learnt how to be mediocre, how to be a hypocrite..." "I'm ready for Paris." "You'll do great things, you'll know real love..." "Don't talk nonsense!" "I know real love already." "It's you, it's you..." "It's you." "It's the spare room." "Tomorrow morning I'll..." "Don't mention tomorrow." "Please!" "I'll come back when I can." "Don't make any noise." "Get Stanislas to come under the window so I can see him." "I won't be long." "I said I had toothache and had my dinner brought up." "Another night together!" "Tell me about the seminary and Father..." "Pirard, was it?" "I told you yesterday." "I wasn't listening then." "I was trying to get rid of you." "Well, he thinks I'm gifted." "You're intelligent, not gifted!" "Louise, open up!" "We might have burglars!" "He'll kill you!" "I can die in your arms." "Benoit found a horse." "Someone must be in the house." "I'll go out the window." " You'll be hurt." " No." " Don't go." " Louise, open up!" " Never admit." "Think of Stanislas." "I love you." " Louise!" "Louise!" " What is it?" " Burglars." "I'll check your windows." "THE RED AND THE BLACK (PART TWO)" "So... where's the little genius?" "This is the young Julien Sorel." "Well, come on in." "A Latin scholar!" "But are you any good at spelling?" "Well, answer." "I've read a lot." "Here you'll be writing." "I'm behind with my work." "Over the last two years I've had seven secretaries." "All imbeciles!" "Three sugars." "Apparently you're quick and bright." "Nothing that I say or that you might overhear must ever leave this room." "It's a trial period." "If, in a few months, the Marquis decides he doesn't need you..." "I'll go back to the seminary." "Talking of which, Your Lordship," "Julien must continue to have theology lessons every day." "As long as he does his work." "But as for the black suit..." " Is it necessary?" " Yes." "Well, how about a different sort of black?" "Something a bit less... mournful." "An ecclesiastical black!" "Julien isn't a priest." "Not yet." "Not yet." "That's fine, then!" "Go and order some suits from my tailor." "Black, if they must be." "And some shirts, of course." "How many shirts?" "Two, three?" "Two dozen... to be going on with." "Go to my bookmaker, too." "Here are the addresses." "Arsène." "Henceforth you will see to the needs of Mr..." "Sorel, is that right?" "Very well, Your Lordship." "I'll get you that rectorship near Lisieux, I promise." "It's near my chéteau at Plantargis." "A wonderful place!" "Will that do you?" "But I still want you to be my barrister." "Father." "His bearing..." "A few dance lessons, perhaps, as he's not yet a priest?" "Out of the question!" "Such generosity!" "Mr de Rénal would have died rather than serve me tea." "He's one of the most noble lords in the kingdom." "He's generous, but capricious." "Your father is a carpenter." "His ancestors went on crusades." "And that's the only superiority he recognizes." "Money comes second, here in the capital." "Talking of which, you'll get a hundred Louis a year to start." "Fine... since it comes second." "Earn their respect..." "or they'll persecute you." "I want to thank you." "You're like a father to me, a real father." "My father always hated me." "I thought I was cursed." "Then chance brought me to you." "You helped me, too." "Take us to Staub's, the Marquis' tailor." "When I lost my post I was very lonely." "Everyone turned their back on me." "But you..." "you offered me your savings." "And it wasn't chance, my son, it was providence!" "Good evening, everyone." "Mathilde is very late this evening." "It's April 30th." "You're right!" "Philippe hadn't better propose tonight." "Mr Julien de Sorel." "We're going to dine with a servant!" "Didn't Arsène tell you?" "After six o'clock, one dresses." " One dresses?" " Yes, with stockings." " I'll go and change." " No." "You'll be all right for tonight." "Allow me to introduce Julien Sorel." "Not "de" Sorel." "He's my new secretary." "Baron Coulis, the Baroness, Viscount Sinclair, Lord Suffolk." "We were all in London during the dark years." "You're always so dramatic!" "I prefer to say "the migration"." " Norbert." " Yes, father." " Look after him." " Very well." "Where's Mathilde got to?" "Madame Ia Maréchale de Fervaques." "From the provinces, how refreshing!" "Angélique de Ia Sainte-Hérédité and her fiancé, the Marquis de Rouvray." "The Duke de Croisenois, Mathilde's fiancé." "Be quiet, Angélique!" "It's not official yet." "Mathilde is your sister?" "Norbert, explain to our friend about April 30th, otherwise he won't understand." " Supper is sewed." " I haven't had my champagne yet!" "Papa, you're not mad, are you?" "I'm only a little late." "How pretty you are, despite the black dress." " And you, Mr Sorel?" " In mourning, too?" "Talleyrand will betray Charles X, too." "It's a habit with him." "Who has never betrayed anyone?" "You, Philippe?" "Talleyrand is the greatest man of the century." " He's always changing his mind." " Good." "Only fools are slaves to their opinions." "Good evening, Mathilde." "Let me introduce you to Mr Julien Sorel." "Are we going to eat?" "I'm starving!" "I'm not paid by the Marquis to waste my time at his soirées!" "He means well, but I'd be happier in a humble little inn." "People in Paris would kill for an invitation here." "They're a powerful family." "Their friends respect them, and respect isn't fun." "You should see how his daughter looks at them." "She's pretentious, but she's no fool." "Which is more than can be said for her fiancé." "He's a complete buffoon!" "Calm down." " So you're going to Normandy?" " This evening." "If only you could fix it..." "these dinners, these soirées..." "Don't count on me." "I'd be happier in my room with Napoleon's memoirs." "I've found a fine edition here." "Christ's teachings would be better for your reputation." "I'll be back in a few months." "I'll be lonely." "Can I help you?" "You don't have to." "You're not paid for that!" "But I'm paid to be polite to you." "And I have to live off my salary." "I'm looking for Beaumarchais and Walter Scott." "I'm still finding my way around..." "And Napoleon's memoirs." "Are they here... or in your room?" "Walter Scott." "I think I saw him this morning." "I believe, mademoiselle, that France's finest years were those during which the Emperor reigned." ""Reigned" is right." "He gave back to France all the pomp that the Revolution did away with." "That's not all he did!" "No, he killed thousands of soldiers, too." "He was on the battlefields with them!" "That's riskier than cowering in the better parts of town, trembling lest the Revolution starts again!" "Walter Scott, "Ivanhoe"." "There!" "At dinner we can't discuss God, the King or the Revolution - especially not to condone it!" "So all that's left is the weather." "It bores me stiff, too." "So feel free to tell me your ideas." "If you tell your father about this, I will have to leave." " Papa, I must talk to you." " Yes, my dear." "I'm furious, absolutely furious!" "I'm disappointed, exasperated!" "Sit down." "Write!" ""Sir..."" "No. "My Dear Friend..." ""To my great regret, the arrangement we had agreed on" ""will have to be cancelled..."" "What are you waiting for?" " Is it to Father Pirard?" " Father Pirard?" "No, why?" "I don't know." "It's to the Duke de Croisenois, 180 Rue Saint-Honoré." ""My Dear Friend, the arrangement..."" "No, that won't do." "Damnation!" "I do just what she asks!" ""My Dear Friend, I am happy that our families are to be united."" "Full stop. "However..."" "However?" "Damnation!" "I'm so indulgent with that girl." ""However, it seems wise" ""to put off the engagement for a few more months." ""Mathilde is leaving today" ""to spend the summer at our home in Uzès." ""This delay, a minor inconvenience," ""will give us the time" ""to sort out the details of my daughter's dowry..."" "Do you think you should say, "a minor inconvenience"?" " Am I overdoing it?" " The delay is inconvenient." "You know it." "He'll know it." "By calling it "minor", you're stressing that it isn't!" "OK." "Finish it in the usual way." "I'll read it later." "It's almost three o'clock." "Your theology class." "I don't want to be told off by Father Pirard." " Is Julien Sorel here?" " No." "Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays." "He'll be at his dance lesson today, the Rue de Condé." "You can't miss it." "Progress?" "Not in theology!" "Nobody's seen you for six months." "I've been travelling around France to the Marquis' properties." "I check things are in good order, do the stocktaking..." "He might send me to England soon." "Why not have English lessons, then?" "Dancing, fencing, riding..." "You'll go back to the seminary a proper little gentleman." "Or a dandy!" "And where does God come into all this?" "Look where you're going, madam!" "Sir, kindly pick up that umbrella." "Pick it up yourself, or ask God to do it for you." "I shall have satisfaction, sir!" "Your address!" "I don't fight priests." "I fight whoever offends the Church." "Your address!" "Here's my address." " Blasted priest!" " Julien." "In Paris you have to fight." "Is this your card..." "Mr Sorel?" " Is this yours?" " Absolutely." " Do I know you?" " Isn't it him?" "No, it isn't him." "I don't understand." " I came to duel, sir." " What an excellent idea!" "Later, Richard." "But..." "Why?" "The coward!" "He pretended to be you." "Come now!" "Somebody pull them apart." "Is he always like this?" "Another coachman, quick!" "You, take his place." "Well, we'd better go for that duel." "Clear off!" "Get in, then." "You're his second, aren't you?" " Will you duel in those clothes?" " Why not?" "Hurry up!" "He's wearing enough black for both of us." "Stop at Beauvoisis' place." "I'll need a second, too." "A duel, eh?" "I love duelling." "France is no fun any more." "No more passion." "Even cruelty has lost its sense of humour." "What a waste!" "We can still call it off." "Gentlemen!" "When you're ready..." "I aimed for the elbow." "I hope I didn't hurt you." "See you soon, I hope." "I had a wonderful time, too." "I shall see you Thursday, then, at the opera." "My regards to the Marquis." "A relative?" "No." "I'm his secretary." "There's always a first time." "I just duelled with a servant!" "Hurry up!" "I hear you're the bastard child of a friend of mine, a Spanish aristocrat who was a prisoner of war." "I assure you, sir..." "That's better, there." "Oh, the pain I'm in!" "I've never lied about my origins." "It was Altamira." "He couldn't admit to duelling with a servant." "Julien, the towel, please." "And help me." "Oh, how I suffer!" "A carpenter's son, too!" "Don't let on that it's not true." "It's a lovely story." "If you're asked about your father, act like you're embarrassed." "Pretend to hesitate in a mysterious sort of way." "You'd rather not talk about it, that sort of thing." "My robe, please." "The doctor said to stay in bed." "Leave me alone, I want to get dressed." "Julien can help me." "Off you go!" " Did you do the tax reports?" " Yes, Sir." "And the balance sheets for the Picardy rents?" "On your desk." "My stockings..." "if you would be so kind." "But gently does it." "Oh, my poor toes!" "Did Altamira tell you anything about his history?" "He was sentenced to death." " By the King." " Yes, in his country." "One of the noblest families in Naples!" "But sentenced to death all the same." "He's a real character." "Even my daughter, who hates everyone, is intrigued by him." "I'll give you a year's subscription to the opera." "Well, you're a relative now!" "And invite Altamira to the ball." "Mathilde will be delighted." " Is she coming back?" " I'll tell her to." "Although she'll do what she wants... as usual." "Everyone's talking about your new secretary." "What are they saying?" "That you're very fond of him." "Another ball!" "Every year it's the same." "Not for me." "Last year my mother spent the whole evening nagging me." "And I wasn't the Marchioness de Rouvray last year." "So this year it's your husband who nags you!" "I have my own coach, my own house..." "Mathilde, Philippe's looking for you." "I decide when I leave." "But not with whom." "But I'd be just as bored if I was married to Croisenois." "Look." "I bet you he'll start enthusing about the delights of the South, the benefits of olive oil and all that." "Mathilde, you're positively glowing!" "It's the colour of Provence, the hue of wild thyme and marjoram..." "I love this waltz!" "Looking for someone?" "You never know." "There might be someone here I don't know." "Someone different, someone a little out of the ordinary..." "You're in luck." "Someone who was sentenced to death!" "Poor Altamira!" ""America will save us." ""They'll give back to Europe the freedom La Fayette gave them."" "He's mad!" "Mathilde!" "What?" "What's the matter?" "There's no worse fate than living a boring life." " Being sentenced to death is fun?" " It's something you can't buy!" " What are you doing?" " Looking for someone interesting." " Like who?" " You!" "There's no one else." "You light up the ball!" "You're beautiful, the world is your oyster!" "But I'm only twenty." "You want me to get rid of me?" "What's wrong with Philippe?" "He's improved, hasn't he?" "You mean he's become even more boring?" "You French have no sense of frivolity." "The lights have all gone out." "Money has taken over from ideas." "What would Danton be today?" " A thief?" " No, he'd have sold himself." "And don't talk to me about Napoleon." "What a thief!" "Better a thief than sold for money?" "So you're friends?" "We have a lot in common." "It's usual with people like us... exiles!" "Excuse me, I have a bone to pick with that bounder over there." "They're saying it's the best ball of the season." "It's difficult for me to judge." "It's my first ball." "But it certainly seems magnificent." "Rousseau said, "Such follies astound me, but don't enchant me."" "I suppose you're not paid to discuss Rousseau." "What is it?" "Nothing." "I was looking at your eyes." "They... they really are very beautiful." "I need a herbal tea to slow my heart down after that dance." "I'll get the same effect from dancing with my fiancé." "Julien, will you tell me the truth one day?" "Who was you father?" "We're friends, aren't we?" "You can tell me." "Julien Sorel!" "How about that?" "But I was looking for you." "Mr Valenod, Madame Ia Maréchale de Fervaques." "Baron Valenod." "Where did the "son of a carpenter" idea come from?" "You've just arrived?" "This morning." "I came to thank the minister for my barony." "I've replaced Mr de Renal as mayor." "And... is everyone well?" "Little Stanislas?" "So, the Marquis has quite taken to you, it seems." "You're a dark horse!" "Apparently you never knew this Spanish duke?" "Spanish duke?" "Oh, no." "Never." "I'm being indiscreet." "But it was the Marquis who told me." "But I had a feeling all along that there was something about you..." "Well, if you're ever in Verrières..." "Shall I take her a message?" " Take whom a message?" " As you wish." " Shall we go into town?" " I'd love to." "Let's go." " Is this row 23?" " No, keep going straight on." " That way?" " Yes." "Is there someone here you loved?" "Yes, someone." "And you?" "I just like to come here, walk around, look at the names and dates..." "You imagine all sorts of stories." "I don't care what people think of me." "Do you know why I wear mourning on April 30th?" "It's through love." "Love for a sort of love that's vanished." "La Mole, my ancestor, and Margot, Queen of Navarre, defied all the conventions." "He lost everything." "Since she had nothing to sacrifice but her reputation, she loved him openly." "They ended up killing him." "He was twenty." "The moment he met her he knew she'd be his only love, and that he would die." "Margot had always been told that she'd live a happy life by virtue of her birth, but also because of her beauty." "But she lived in a golden cage." "That's why kings go mad or die of boredom." "After his execution she went and kissed his dead lips." "She wrapped up his head, all bloody, and took it away." "She buried it in a secret place and went back there every 30th April." "I don't want them forgotten." "I admire that sort of dangerous and impetuous love." "Without that, what's the point of living?" "Is it a woman you came to see?" "I can keep a secret, you know." "Not a woman." "The tomb of Field-Marshal Ney." "For you he was a traitor, but not for me." "No, he was no traitor." "He died for an idea, not a medal!" "I'd have died with him, for hope!" "Of a better world?" "You're cynical." "You're too sensitive." "No, I'm not sensitive." "I'm jealous." "You have a freedom with words and ideas that I could never have." "Why?" "Because I'm poor." "Because not even thoughts are free when your pockets are empty!" "I'm sorry." "I don't usually get carried away like this." "It takes pride to talk about it to someone as rich as me." "Do you despise money?" "No, I just despise what it does to people." "You must be unhappy." "Aren't you?" "Then she tripped... grabbed hold of me..." "She grabbed hold of me so as not to fall!" " Show me." " Like this!" "As strong as that?" "Skin touching skin?" "Yes, of course." "My skin touched hers." "And then, something quite extraordinary happened, something Pd given up hoping for:" "my boredom vanished." "He'd been talking about the humiliation of being poor..." "Well, he is only a servant!" "I really felt for him." "And I thought: do I love him?" "Could I be lucky enough to love?" "He's poor, but so strong!" "What if he loves another?" "He never seems to find me pretty." "And for the first time I thought she was beautiful." "Very beautiful!" "And she started talking about all sorts of things..." "Be careful!" "You don't want to be her confessor." "We came back together in the carriage." "And I wanted her to tell me about her fiancé." "He writes to me, dozens of letters, all of them the same." "Melancholic, supposedly full of passion, but so restrained." "I made a mistake here." "I said, "So he doesn't understand at all?"" "She said, "Understand what?"" "I said, "That you hate restraint."" "I hated him for seeing through me like that." "Then he said," ""You don't hate him, just the future husband in him."" "Who does he think he is, this carpenter's son?" "Later, in the library, I was absolutely odious to him." "Now she's a friend one day, an enemy the next." "Sometimes she's icy and haughty." "Then suddenly she turns to me and smiles so sweetly..." "She looks at me like..." "She looks at you like she loves you?" "No, I already know the look of a woman in love." "But why me?" "Why me?" "Philippe de Croisenois has everything." "A name, land, a title, a family..." "But I quite like hopeless causes." "Good morning, Mademoiselle." "If she acts moody I disappear for a day or two, or just completely ignore her." "And when I ignore her she comes looking for me herself." "That's just strategy." "You want her to choose you instead of some descendant of a crusader like Croisenois." "Am I right?" "Yes, let her choose me..." "then I'll decide if I love her." "He's there." "Take it." "You never know." "There'll be no wedding!" "I'll tell Mathilde I'm leaving." "We'll see what happens then." "...hardly any paintings left." "It's these new economic measures." "Well, the King will soon put things right." "We'll make sure of it, old friend." "Don't go!" "I couldn't bear it." ""I must see you tonight." "I'll leave a ladder by the window." ""Climb up." "Never mind the full moon."" "You filthy peasant!" "You're not my rival, not my equal, not even my inferior!" "You're nothing but an insect, an unfrocked priest!" "You fell for her trap so pathetic you are, and always will be!" " Her famous Queen Margot speech!" " "Love is dangerous!" Indeed!" "The prettiest, richest girl in Paris!" "And you fell for it!" "Here I am." "I saw you hesitating..." "I thought you'd never make your mind up." "The ladder!" "Stop it!" "What are you doing?" "I prepared a rope." "You're used to this." "What do you mean?" "With Croisenois and who else?" "You're the first." "Are you that scared?" "It's not cowardly to be scared." "There are plenty of brave fools." "I've decided to love you because you're different, because this is unexpected, because I don't know you..." "You've decided to love me?" "The only person you love is yourself!" "Wait!" "I want to be yours..." "I am yours!" "Come." "I'll never be yours!" "Never!" "I'll never be yours!" "Wake up!" "Get out of here!" "I hate you!" "You have no hold on me." "And you never will have!" "I'm so ashamed." "I gave myself to the first man to come along." "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" ""As nothing now stands in our way," ""let us decide on a date for our children's wedding." ""I suggest..." "I suggest..." ""that you see my solicitor, Mr Champetier de Ribes..."" "Champetier..." "Are you all right?" "Excuse me." "The trip to London you mentioned... when will I go?" "I don't know..." "Next month, perhaps." "Why?" "I thought that if I left earlier it would give me the chance to learn a little English and something about their customs." "My dear friend!" "I was just saying to Julien how I just can't do without him." "I just can't!" "This wedding is a real headache." "The Duke de Croisenois is being a real miser about the dowry." "I've already offered my lands at Villequier, 30,000 francs..." " We just can't agree." " Please excuse me." "I'll just have to give in." "What would you do?" "Mademoiselle!" "I'd like a word." " Later." " No, now!" "Thank you." "In the library." "Go on, I'll catch you up." "So you expect me to be your lover just when it pleases you!" "It doesn't please me!" "You dare to call out to me in public!" "You want to shout about us from the rooftops?" "Go on, then!" "You're the one shouting!" "So what?" "This is my home!" "Anyway, I've changed my mind." "I was wrong." "You don't interest me, whatever illusions you might have had." " Shut up!" " I saw how you looked at me." "You might have been the first, but you won't be the last." " Shut up!" " You peasant!" "You bastard!" "Go on, then, kill me!" "You wanted to kill me." "My feelings for you in pieces..." "just like that vase." "He wanted to kill me!" "Julien!" "Julien, let me in, let me in!" "Julien, forgive me." "I'm sorry." "Please let me in." "Mathilde." "You were here!" "I'm going mad, Mathilde." "I'm afraid of what I might do." "I shan't resist any more, I promise." "You wanted to kill me, to risk everything for me." "What..." "This is a pledge of my eternal devotion." "So you love me?" " You love me?" " Yes, I love you." "I trust you implicitly." "This message must be absolutely confidential." "Once you've delivered it, go to Lord Suffolk's and await my instructions." "How are you feeling?" " The doctor?" " He said I should get out." "He's right." "The door locked, the shutters closed!" "How can you stay locked up like that for a week?" "You can sit down." "He says I should have fun now I'm better." "You're leaving, Mr Sorel?" "Later today." "I'm glad to be able to say goodbye before I go." "Your father has been very worried about you, as has everyone." "He knows me." "Don't you, father?" "Some days I'm sick of everything, and other days I'm fine." "Like today!" "That looks delicious, but I'm not hungry." "Bon voyage, Mr Sorel." "Right." "Right!" "Well..." "Repeat the message you have to give to Lord Grey." "Arséne, you may go." "You haven't forgotten it, have you?" ""The Marquis has entrusted me to transmit directly to you" ""a message that must remain a secret between you." ""Nothing can now prevent the coming disaster." ""King Charles X is threatened." ""The legitimate succession itself is threatened." ""A new revolution is upon us."" "Do you love her or not?" "If you do, go back to Paris." "I don't know." "I really don't know." "She's..." "she's impossible to understand." "You don't know?" "No." "And I keep thinking of someone else." "Who?" "A pure, selfless woman." "A woman I once loved." " What do you think?" " Nice... wonderful!" "Different from Mathilde, eh?" "But I can't stop thinking about Mathilde." "It drives me mad thinking she'll marry that idiot." "That's a proper answer at last!" "Here, I've got a present for you." "Fifty-six love letters, tracing the full course of love:" "the blossoming of feelings, jealousy, threats, indifference and rekindled fire." "They're all in order." "If you write two a day..." "What?" "I'd rather die than write a single word to her!" " To whom?" " Well, to Mathilde." "Who mentioned Mathilde?" "And you won't be writing, just copying out." "Let's hear it, then." "If you write two letters a day, thirty letters equals two weeks." "In two weeks go back to Paris." "Manage it however you can." " She'll already be half-won." " Who?" " Fervaques." " The Countess?" "What's wrong with that?" "She's a widow, she's rich, and she has the best box at the opera." "If you do this right, it'll drive Mathilde mad." "Why fifty-six letters?" "Why not fifty-five or fifty-nine?" "Because my Russian friend Korasov, who wrote them, was finally rejected just after he'd written the fifty-sixth." "Black fie, blue frock-coat..." "Look bashful as you deliver your letter." "If someone sees you from a window, force a little melancholy smile." "With Mathilde, do the opposite of what she expects." "A good rule for this century, in fact!" "Don't reproach her." "Be aloof, but don't overdo it." "That wouldn't ring true." "She sees everything that goes on in that house." "So always look in a hurry when you go out, and weary when you return." "The Countess will keep on ignoring the letters." "At around the thirty-fifth, suddenly stop writing." "And then, take my word..." "A letter for Mr Sorel." " What is it?" " A letter for Mr Sorel." "Her Ladyship is coming." "Hello, Julien." "A great match!" "Two parvenus!" "No, that's flattering you." "A carpenter and his whore!" "How could you?" "All of Paris knows about it!" "A letter a day, sometimes two!" "All of Paris knows about what?" "That you... you and her... that she's your mistress!" "I admit nothing." "I'm not surprised though." "She likes priests." "She has a whole swarm of them sniffing round her!" "You don't even care about her!" "You can't be bothered to open her letters!" "Well, since they seem to interest you so much..." ""Sir, The opera is playing tonight." ""Please join me in my box." "We shall have supper afterwards."" "But you can't love her if you don't open her letters." "Excuse me, I must get dressed for the opera." "I love you, Julien." "I'm sorry!" "Whom do you love?" "I want proof." "Proof?" "Yes." "What will you say tomorrow, or tonight?" "That I'm nothing to you?" "That you'll marry Croisenois?" "I'll never marry him!" "I have to think, and I'm late." "Leave me, please." "You came!" "She's lovely!" "I can't take my eyes off her." "I've never loved her like tonight." "That's because tonight she's madly in love with you." "You think so?" "Think of a lion-tamer." "He's on intimate terms with his lioness or tigress." "He strokes her, she purrs." "But his pistol is always within reach." "Stay!" "Keep her scared, or you're done for." "You want proof?" "Here!" "Take me away, to Scotland." "How's that for proof?" "I'm ready for any danger." "I don't care what people say." "My father will drive us away." "He'll drive me away, not you." "No, we'll leave together, arm in arm." "I'll tell him everything." "Don't talk to him yet." "I forbid you!" "I'll wait for you tonight in my room." "Julien, tell us about England." "How he made me laugh!" ""Every Englishman goes mad at least once a day."" "Only Julien can make me laugh!" "Julien, where did you get to?" "Excuse me." "In the letter you sent me today you said, "I'm writing to you from St Petersburg."" "Why St Petersburg, Julien?" "I didn't quite understand." " St Petersburg..." "Why?" " One second, if you please." "I'll be right back." "Idiot!" "You copy like a machine!" " Don't blame me." " I blame myself." "I guessed a long time ago but didn't say anything." "Now what can I say?" "This is a confession, isn't it?" "Yes, it's a confession." "The poor man." "It'll break his heart." " Mathilde wants to tell him." " God protect you!" "He'll take his revenge, and rightly so." "I feel sorry for him, but..." "You feel sorry for him?" "He's my benefactor." "I don't like to hurt him." "But I'm not afraid." "You're afraid of no one." "Not even of God." "I'm frightened for you, my son." "It was good of you to come." "This damned gout!" "We'll dine late." "It's April 30th." "Mathilde is at the cemetery." "You know about that?" " How is she?" " I've never seen her happier." "So much so, that this evening she won't be in mourning." "The cemetery will be enough." "Croisenois is a good influence on her." "Their courtship is turning out very well indeed." ""I will never be a duchess." ""I knew this when I fell in love." ""It was I who fell in love first." "I seduced him." ""But it was you who brought him into this house," ""and brought his fine qualities to my attention." ""It was you who said to me" ""that he alone could make you laugh." ""He showed me the utmost respect" ""as he has a fine awareness of the differences of class." ""I have done an irreparable wrong." ""If you wish it, and we shall understand if you do," ""you will never see us again." ""I shall go with him." ""It is my duty." "He is the father of my child."" "We'll go away to avoid any scandal." "We'll live modestly." "He can be a Latin teacher." "In Switzerland, for example." "No one will know." "No one will know that Mrs Sorel is your daughter..." "Be quiet!" "Stop it!" "Be quiet, I beg you!" "You won't be Mrs Sorel." "I'll kill him first!" "Then I'll die!" "You can't be called Mrs Sorel!" "That little upstart!" "If he dies I'll wear mourning and make it public!" "I'll be the Widow Sorel!" "The noblest men in France have asked for your hand." "He's the only man I respect." "He'll raise himself up..." "And if there's another revolution he'll save you." "Why didn't he run?" "If you seduced him..." "I can't bear to think about it!" " Papa, you adored him." " Yes." "But now the thought of him fills me with revulsion." "I need time to think." "There are ways out of this." "You think poverty is shameful." "I don't." "I'll live in exile with him." "Don't talk about exile, you don't know what it means!" "Or poverty!" "So we'll marry publicly." "We'll go on a trip, and when we come back the baby will be born." ""We"?" "Who?" "Mr and Mrs Sorel?" "I'm finally happy" "That's all you ever wanted." "Not like this." "He must go!" " Be careful!" " Oh, my God!" "If he doesn't go, I'll kill him!" "I need..." "I don't know..." "a few weeks." "We have a few weeks, don't we?" "Then I'll decide." " How many weeks." " Three... a month." "I don't know." "But get him away from here." "Or I'll have one of my valets kill him." "He won't see you." "He left you this... to go away with, to Edinburgh... or New York..." "wherever you want." "He doesn't want to see you!" "You can't take my son from me!" "Let him live, please!" "Kill me instead." "Victor, stop!" "There's one thing I'd like to know." "Was this love affair completely... unlooked for?" "What do you mean?" "You know about my fortune, you know I love my daughter." "So, even if I accept that Mathilde took the initiative, why didn't you flee?" "It was your duty." "I asked you to send me to London earlier." "Do you remember?" "Your feelings..." "There were never any mercenary... any mercenary motives behind your feelings?" "Money doesn't interest me." "Who are you?" "What do you want?" "I love life." "I want to live for my son now." "You can't take this love away from me." "You can't take my child..." "or Mathilde." "I know you can't live without her." "But she can't live without me." "It's too dangerous in my room." "I'm leaving Thursday." "The four weeks are up." "I'm coming to you." "Four weeks!" "An eternity!" " Have you been miserable?" " Yes." "I can't live without you." "I begged him to come to the wedding." "One day he's overcome with grief, the next he's fine." "It's like a game we're playing." " He has to make a decision." " About what?" "I still hope he'll accept a public marriage." "I told you not to keep trying." "It doesn't matter." "But it does matter... to me." "Leave it to me." "I know what I'm doing." "You seem completely different." "All my life I've been a tortoise." "Now I feel like a bird." "Now go!" "It's too dangerous for you here." "I forgot to tell you..." "I broke off my engagement." "The witnesses are present." "Let's begin." "He might still come." " They'll kill you!" " Mathilde, you won't take his name!" "This is the house of God, Norbert!" "I have here a commission for Mr Julien "de Ia Vernaye"." "You have 24 hours, sir, to join your regiment." "My father grants you his lands in the Languedoc." "The official wedding ceremony will take place in Paris next month." "Unless father insists, I shall not be present." "We've won, my love." "We've won!" "It annoys them that you've gone straight to lieutenant." "It's understandable." "But that's nothing." "I'll be general before I'm thirty!" "Mathilde!" "What are you doing here?" "What's happened?" "What's happened?" "Something has happened." "Tell me!" "Is it the baby?" "My father damns you to hell!" "It's all over!" "Go on!" "Who's Mrs de Rénal, and why did she write this horrible letter?" "Why did you tell my father..." "I was her son's tutor, in Verrières." ""Sir, My duty to my faith and to my moral principles" ""obliges me to reply sincerely." ""The person about whom you ask me" ""behaved abominably in our household." ""Poor and avaricious," ""this man displays the basest hypocrisy in seeking advancement." ""Mr Sorel has no religious principles." ""I believe the only way" ""he can succeed..." ""is by seducing the lady of the house he lives in."" "It's all lies." "It's not true." "All lies." "Do you believe it?" "Do you believe this letter?" "My father does." "Of course." "What father would give his daughter to the monster described in this letter?" "Forget me, Mathilde." "I feel I must add that behind his innocent demeanour and grandiloquence," "Julein Sorel has but one aim:" "to pillage the riches of high-class families whom he has always hated." "He leaves only unhappiness and bitter regrets in his wake..." "Don't let them hurt him." "You... you mustn't let them hurt him." "Why did you write that letter, forbidding me to reply or to talk about you to our child?" "I've seen the governor." "I swore that I was your wife." "He's given me permission to come and see you every day." "I've taken a house two streets away." "Mathilde..." "Don't make me have to repeat what I told you in my letter." "Your meals will be delivered twice a day." "And you can walk in the courtyard whenever you want." "I don't want you to bother, Mathilde." "You'll forget me." "You'll marry Croisenois and you'll be happy." "Even if that seems impossible now." "This isn't the 16th century!" "I've got the best barrister, Mr Massonet." "He's saved dozens of killers." "And you didn't kill anyone." "You won't die for that." "What did you say?" "I didn't kill her?" "Are you sure?" "We'll fight." "I'll save you, Julien." "You don't deserve to die." "She's alive!" "But then..." "I wounded her." "Is she in pain?" "Where was she wounded?" "How is she?" "You have to find out for me!" "I can find out." "She's alive!" "So she might..." "she might forgive me." "If she did it would help your defence." "Yes, the trial..." "Julien, why did you shoot that woman?" "Why?" "I have to defend myself." "Against the lies, the insults, the newspapers, the mob..." " I'd rather just die." " If you die, so will I." "As you can see, Your Worship, I'm very well." "It was less than two months ago but I came all this way by coach." "To see the trial?" "No, my presence could prejudice the case against Mr Sorel." "People might think I want revenge, whereas all I want is to save him." " But he shot you." " He lost his head." "Everyone in Verrières will tell you how volatile he can be." "Full of enthusiasm one minute, despondent the next." "My son, who adores him, will tell you." "He has enemies." "Who hasn't?" "But no one has ever doubted his talent, his intelligence, the depth of his culture." "This is no ordinary man you will be judging." "He knows the Bible by heart." "He's pious, pure..." "That's not what you once wrote." "I regret that." "I was manipulated and tricked." "I quite understand how that letter made him lose his head." "So you admit that your letter spurred him to that terrible act?" "What's more, he fired twice." "So it was premeditated." "That's not true!" "I saw him." "He didn't know what he was doing." "I recognized that look he has when he loses his head." "Your Worship, if through my fault an innocent man is executed, my whole life will be tainted." "It was not premeditated." "I knew Julien Sorel a few years ago." "What did you say his name is now?" "De Ia Fresnay?" "De Ia Vernaye." "I have letters here from the War Office." "My father wanted him promoted for our official wedding ceremony." "An improper alliance indeed." "He is a carpenter's son, isn't he?" "I was told you have influence in this town." "So your father is the Marquis de Ia Mole?" "And my uncle is the Bishop of Reims' cousin." "He has great influence." "What about the victim?" "This Mrs de Rénal?" " She isn't dead?" " You know about the case?" "Besancon is a small town." "Everyone talks." " All the more so since..." " Since?" "They say that she was once very enamoured of this young man." "And that it was mutual." "That's what they say." "Why did he shoot her?" "She's fully recovered." "This was his first and only crime." "Was it because of jealousy?" "That could be it." "She'd become very fond of her confessor." "Otherwise, why did he shoot her in the church while the priest was saying mass?" "Will you help him?" "The jury will be chosen from 30 of the town's leading citizens." "I will know at least ten of them very well." "It will be the purest bad luck if the majority isn't on my side." "You might need to reinforce some friendships." "I have 50,000 francs here." "I can get twice that if..." "That ought to do it." "Of course, the second shot will be the problem." "Julien, one last time, let me plead jealousy." "If you do that I'll kill you." "Out you get." "This way." "Out of the way!" " Well?" " No." "Julien, everyone would be moved by a crime of passion." "Everyone?" "I don't care about everyone." "I just want it all over with." "Mathilde has managed to get..." "Stop!" "Let Mathilde scheme away." "I tell you, that woman is wearing me out!" "Julien." "Ten of the jurors are on our side and another five might be." "I love you." "Mr Massonet." "My friend, my friend..." "You're here, too!" "What got into you?" "You had everything." "What got into you?" "You see the woman in the big hat over there?" "Take her a message." "The president of the jury..." "Gentlemen of the jury!" "The prosecutor was ridiculous, spouting empty phrases:" ""the barbarity of this crime"," ""the boundless ambition of this son of a carpenter"..." " The jurors were yawning." " How is he?" "Difficult to say." "He looks miles away, as if..." "Apparently he's going to defend himself." "He sent a friend, an Italian, to ask how you were." "He asked after me!" "Good Lord!" "He asked how I am!" "Gentlemen of the jury," "I do not belong to your class." "I see no craftsmen or labourers amongst you, no prosperous peasants..." "This means I shall not be judged by my peers... for the heinous crime I committed." "I have no illusions." "I demand no special favours." "My crime was unspeakable." "It was fully premeditated." "I deserve death for my attempt on the life... of a woman worthy of respect," "a pure Woman," "a woman I loved... whom I loved like the mother I never had, like a sister... and whom I worship with all my heart," "because she alone showed me that generosity exists in this world." "She alone showed me that happiness is possible." "So I deserve death, yes." "I must be punished for the crime I committed." "I see some men in this room who would like to punish me for another crime, which, in their eyes, is even more serious." "I see men in this room who would like to use this mistake of mine to try and discourage a generation of young people, young people born in the lower classes," "young people who are oppressed and revolted by your scorn, revolted by inequality..." "Young people who have the audacity to demand an education, who wish to take their place in what you, the rich, call "society"!" "What a crime!" "Look at you!" "You're terrified that we'll take your privileges from you again, that we'll take your fortunes." "You're scared!" "Yes, scared, and of course you are, because the Revolution will soon be at your doors!" "You don't want to hear it!" "You don't want to hear it!" "But it will come!" "Nothing can stop the forces of fraternity, equality..." "It's your appeal." "Sign it." "Didn't you like my speech?" "Pity." "I was sincere for the first time." "For the last time, too." "Sign!" "In two months..." "I'd rather die straight away, while I have the courage." "You won't sign?" "No." "I won't sign." "You say you hate hypocrisy, but you're the biggest hypocrite." "So please, one last time, try to be sincere." "You love that woman and you always have done." "It wasn't for love of me that you tried to kill her." "You did it because you love her." "If she begged you to sign this appeal, you would." "You always do what she wants." "Even that contemptible letter she sent made you do exactly what she wanted:" "punish her at your expense!" "I hate her!" "And I curse the day I ever laid eyes on you!" "You've come!" "Don't say anything." "Let me look at you." "Forgive me, I beg you." "No, it is I who should beg forgiveness." "I've always loved you, no one but you." "Your wound..." "Show me." " It's better now." " How could I have done that?" "And how could I have sent that terrible letter?" "It wasn't my idea, you know." "But I copied it out and signed it." "I'm so ashamed." "Forgive me, but..." "I was jealous of your happiness with that young woman." "Tell me everything." "You're the only one I love," "the only one I've ever loved." "There's only you!" "Don't cry." "I've paid the gaoler well." "I can come every day for two months... if you sign your appeal." "Is that why you came?" "Yes." "Two months together, then we say goodbye." " What do you mean?" " Nothing." "I'll sign it on one condition, that you will never make an attempt on your own life." "What if we died here, together?" "I'd rather spend two months with you." "Do you promise?" "I promise." "I'm so happy." " Will you come every day?" " Every day." " Mrs de Rénal?" " In the garden." "The appeal has been rejected." "I haven't told him yet." "I think he'll be pleased." "Do you know why he wants to die?" "He speaks to you more than me." "No..." "The appeal, rejected?" "I know all about your visits... how often..." "how long you spend with him." "I've had you watched." "I made an awful fuss about it at first, crying and screaming." "But I've changed." "Perhaps I've grown up." "I understand he loves you more than me, even though you've done him harm." "I had to be strong to be able to accept that." "But I am strong, and I accepted it." "This will surprise you:" "I love him more than ever." "It doesn't surprise me." "Oh, God!" "The appeal has been rejected!" "Why didn't you go yesterday?" " Sometimes I'm too weak to..." " To pretend you're well?" "You must go tomorrow." "For all he denies it, your visits make him happy." "Nothing else." "Give me your arm..." "Julien was born in the wrong place at the wrong time." "He wasn't born noble, but he's noble in his heart." "That's why he wants to die simply and without fuss, to make himself worthy of your child." "My father is going to the King." "His grace is our last chance." "I could go, too, and throw myself at his feet." "Julien forbade me to do that." "But I have nothing to lose." "I'll say I made him jealous, and he lied to save me." "It was all my fault." "I..." "Julien hates scandal." "Leave it to my father." "I'd like to embrace you." "Be careful!" "My shoulder..." "There are thousands of people marching on the Louvre!" "We'll get by." "But the King isn't at Saint-Cloud." "He's going to abdicate!" "What insane times these are!" "I obeyed conventions I had no respect for." "I was..." "I was proud." "I was ambitious..." "I obeyed conventions I had no respect for!" "I tried to kill the only woman who will mourn my death." "Would you like some wine?" "It'll do you good." "It's good." "Mathilde had it sent from Tuscany." "Carry on, my child." "Carry on." "I only repented when I saw her again." "Alive!" "She was alive!" "It was only then that I realized how madly in love I was, and how terrible was my crime." "I love her madly." "Thank you for coming, father." "I had to see you." "I was so upset to hear..." "I got your letter in Strasbourg, and the money you sent, which I've brought back." "Keep it or give it away." "You look tired." "I think it's better to die young than end up decrepit like this." "I wanted to ask you something." "Are you afraid of death?" "Death... is a personal adventure." "I'm lucky." "Mine will be in God's company." "You've rejected Him." "But He will forgive you because you are full of love." "What I want more than anything is for it all to go smoothly." "I don't want to die shamefully." "If your courage wavers, think of the best times, of the bright lights..." "God will not reject you." "You're not a monster, my child." "I know that for sure." "Your principles will be his." "I'll tell him about you." "I'll teach him his father died rather than accept compromise." "About Bonaparte, too." "He'll be called Sorel." "It's safer nowadays, anyway." "Paris is up in arms." "I'll also say you followed your passion right to the end..." "Even if I do share it with another woman." "Don't say anything." "Feel your child." "Please forgive me." "Remember your promise." "You must live." "I love you." "Kiss me, my love." "Lay me to rest in the woods by your house." "Mathilde followed Julian's body to the tomb, wanting to bury her lover's head with her own hands, just as her ancestor had done." "Mrs de Rénal kept her promise." "She made no attempt to take her own fife." "But, three days after Julien, she died in the arms of her son."