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After ten minutes, a pale man dressed in black came and opened the door to him.
The man in black had half risen and was impatiently seeking for a letter in the drawer of his table of firwood which opened with a creak.
One day, the abbe Pirard opened a letter which seemed to be half obliterated by tears, it was an eternal farewell.
His teeth clenched with rage and his eyes opened towards the sky furrowed by streaks of lightning: 'I should deserve to be submerged, were I to let myself sleep during the storm!' cried Julien.
The abbe Pirard opened his arms to embrace him; the moment was very precious to them both.
Julien saw with astonishment that this priest boldly opened the letter addressed to the Bishop.
The letter was signed with an assumed name, but as he opened it Julien trembled: a leaf from a tree had fallen out at his feet; it was the signal arranged between him and the abbe Pirard.
He opened the shutter sufficiently to pass his head through the gap, repeating in a whisper: 'It is a friend.'
Finally she opened the door to her husband, who was boiling with rage.
He ran and opened the door of the library so as not to be caught.
A new world opened before him.
They opened the carriage door: the Chevalier insisted that Julien and his second should get in before him.
She, with her fine eyes opened extraordinarily wide and fastened upon him, seemed like his slave.
As he reached the window, she opened it silently:'Here you are, Sir,' Mathilde said to him with deep emotion; 'I have been following your movements for the last hour.'
She thought she had heard a window being opened.
M. de Luz's uncle held an important post in the King's Household, the consequence of which was that this gallant officer opened his conversation with each fresh arrival with the following interesting detail: His uncle had set off at seven o'clock for Saint-Cloud, and expected to spend the night there.
Julien opened it so as not to appear to be eavesdropping.
At length the door opened, his name was called.
'My eyes will be dull and will not betray me!'Gradually, the guests arrived in the drawing-room; the door never opened without plunging Julien in mortal dread.
And, rising with fury, she opened the drawer of Julien's table, which stood a few feet away from her.
He opened with a passionate impulse the _Memoirs dictated at Saint Helena by Napoleon_, and for two solid hours forced himself to read them; his eyes alone read the words, no matter, he forced himself to the task.
STERNEHe heard a great din in the corridor; it was not the hour for visiting his cell; the osprey flew away screaming, the door opened, and the venerable cure Chelan, trembling all over and leaning upon his cane, flung himself into Julien's arms.
First of all, it was a footman in the most elegant livery that had opened the door to her.
The little door of the jury-room opened.
She had not been able to see the abbe de Frilair before the hour at which the cells in the prison of Besancon were opened; her anger fell upon Julien.
If a volcano opened beneath the prison, in the next two months, you would be saved.
He heard a strange sigh; he opened his eyes; it was Madame de Renal.
Instead he went over to the door, opened it slightly, and said to someone who was clearly standing immediately behind it, "He wants Anna to bring him his breakfast."
"I meant it for your own good," said the stranger and opened the door, this time without being asked.
Just as he got back in the adjoining room the door on the other side opened and Mrs. Grubach was about to enter.
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