Spoke
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Berthe
spoke
of her again several times, then at last thought no more of her.
She was especially fond of M. de Renal when he
spoke
to her of his plans for their children, one of whom he intended to place in the army, the second on the bench, and the third in the church.
Go and pack your traps, and I'll take you to M. de Renal's where you're to be tutor to the children.''What am I to get for that?''Board, clothing and three hundred francs in wages.''I do not wish to be a servant,''Animal, who ever
spoke
of your being a servant?
This question left old Sorel at a loss; he felt that if he
spoke
he might be guilty of some imprudence; he flew into a rage with Julien, upon whom he showered abuse, accusing him of greed, and left him to go and consult his other sons.
It was thus that the Mayor's subordinates
spoke
of his house when they wished to please him.
He was introduced to the children, and
spoke
to them with an air that surprised M. de Renal himself.
He
spoke
to her as seldom as possible, in the hope of making her forget the impulse which, at their first encounter, had led him to kiss her hand.
Elisa, Madame de Renal's maid, had not failed to fall in love with the young tutor; she often
spoke
of him to her mistress.
Tormented by the idea of Julien's poverty, Madame de Renal
spoke
to her husband about making him a present of linen:'What idiocy!' he replied.
She found that it was worth her while to listen to him, even when they
spoke
of the most ordinary things, even when it was a question of a poor dog that had been run over, as it was crossing the street, by a peasant's cart going by at a trot.
And as Madame de Renal protested at this word:'I speak, Ma'am, as the late Prince de Conde spoke, when presenting his Chamberlains to his bride: "All these people," he told her, "are our servants."
Madame de Renal was surprised that her maid's newly acquired fortune had not made the girl more happy; she saw her going incessantly to the cure's, and returning with tears in her eyes; finally Elisa
spoke
to her mistress of her marriage.
Julien's anger increasing as he spoke:'I can live without you, Sir,' he concluded.
To add to her misery, M. de Renal and Madame Derville
spoke
of nothing but Julien's departure.
Julien, who
spoke
to no one, knew nothing of all this.
As she
spoke
to him with extreme harshness, he burst into tears.
She hated the tutor and often
spoke
about him to M. Valenod.
Your carelessness, your laziness leave you just enough activity to chase butterflies, feeble creatures which we are so unfortunate as to have in our households ...'Madame de Renal let him speak, and he
spoke
at length; he passed his anger, as they say in those parts.
M. Chelan, who reckoned upon overcoming the young man by main force,
spoke
volubly.
And he
spoke
with that detached air which makes so singular an impression on the passionate soul whose dearest interests the speaker unconsciously destroys.
The abbe Pirard had been of no assistance to him; he had not once uttered a word to him apart from the tribunal of penitence, and even there he listened rather than
spoke.
If we
spoke
the language of the Seminary, we might see a miracle in this windfall of five hundred francs, and say that it was M. de Frilair himself that heaven had employed to make this gift to Julien.
The prelate, growing more and more pleased with the close of his evening,
spoke
for a moment of ecclesiastical history.
'I wish to know what sort of life you led at the Seminary,' she repeated, 'then you shall go.'Without a thought of what he was telling her, Julien
spoke
of the endless intrigues and jealousies which he had encountered at first, then of his more peaceful life after he was appointed tutor.
Julien spun out his story, and
spoke
of the wretched life he had led since leaving Verrieres.
Madame de Renal
spoke
to them of Julien.
They
spoke
very loud; and it might have been two o'clock in the morning when they were interrupted by a violent blow on the door.
It was, as a matter of fact, a pair of mirrors, each of them eight feet high, in which he caught sight now and then of his challenger as he
spoke
of Horace, that still continued to overawe him.
They
spoke
of the state of society under Augustus and under George IV; in both epochs the aristocracy was all-powerful!
If he
spoke
of any public matter, immediately one saw the discussion reach a fresh stage.
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