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Download or read book The Amethyst Ring written by Anatole France and published by 谷月社. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHAPTER I True to her word, Madame Bergeret quitted the conjugal roof and betook herself to the house of her mother, the widow Pouilly. As the time for her departure drew near, she had half a mind not to go, and with a little coaxing would have consented to forget the past and resume the old life with her husband, at the same time vaguely despising M. Bergeret as the injured party. She was quite ready to forgive and forget, but the unbending esteem in which she was held by the circle in which she moved did not allow of such a course. Madame Dellion had made it clear to her that any such weakness on her part would be judged unfavourably; all the drawing-rooms in the place were unanimous upon that score. There was but one opinion among the tradespeople: Madame Bergeret must return to her mother. In this way did they uphold the proprieties and, at the same time, rid themselves of a thoughtless, common, compromising person, whose vulgarity was apparent even to the vulgar, and who was a burden on everybody about her. They made her believe there was something heroic in her conduct. “I have the greatest admiration for you, my child,” said old Madame Dutilleul from the depths of her easy chair, she who had survived four husbands, and was a truly terrible woman. People suspected her of everything, except of ever having loved, and in her old age she was honoured and respected by all. Madame Bergeret was delighted at having inspired sympathy in Madame Dellion and admiration in Madame Dutilleul, and still she could not finally make up her mind to go, for she was of a homely disposition and accustomed to regular habits and quite content to live on in idleness and deceit. Having grasped this fact, M. Bergeret redoubled his efforts to ensure his deliverance. He stoutly upheld Marie, the servant, who kept every one in the house in a state of wretchedness and trepidation, was suspected of harbouring thieves and cut-throats in her kitchen, and only brought herself into prominence by the catastrophes she caused....
Download or read book The AMETHYST RING by ANATOLE FRANCE written by Anatole France and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True to her word, Madame Bergeret quitted the conjugal roof and betook herself to the house of her mother, the widow Pouilly.As the time for her departure drew near, she had half a mind not to go, and with a little coaxing would have consented to forget the past and resume the old life with her husband, at the same time vaguely despising M. Bergeret as the injured party.She was quite ready to forgive and forget, but the unbending esteem in which she was held by the circle in which she moved did not allow of such a course. Madame Dellion had made it clear to her that any such weakness on her part would be judged unfavourably; all the drawing-rooms in the place were unanimous upon that score. There was but one opinion among the tradespeople: Madame Bergeret must return to her mother. In this way did they uphold the proprieties and, at the same time, rid themselves of a thoughtless, common, compromising person, whose vulgarity was apparent even to the vulgar, and who was a burden on everybody about her. They made her believe there was something heroic in her conduct."I have the greatest admiration for you, my child," said old Madame Dutilleul from the depths of her easy chair, she who had survived four husbands, and was a truly terrible woman. People suspected her of everything, except of ever having loved, and in her old age she was honoured and respected by all.Madame Bergeret was delighted at having inspired sympathy in Madame Dellion and admiration in Madame Dutilleul, and still she could not finally make up her mind to go, for she was of a homely disposition and accustomed to regular habits and quite content to live on in idleness and deceit. Having grasped this fact, M. Bergeret redoubled his efforts to ensure his deliverance. He stoutly upheld Marie, the servant, who kept every one in the house in a state of wretchedness and trepidation, was suspected of harbouring thieves and cut-throats in her kitchen, and only brought herself into prominence by the catastrophes she caused.Four days before the time appointed for Madame Bergeret's departure, this girl, who was drunk as usual, upset a lighted lamp in her mistress's room and set fire to the blue chintz bed-curtains. Madame Bergeret was spending the day with her friend, Madame Lacarelle. She returned and, amid the dreadful stillness of the house, beheld on entering her room the evidences of the disaster. She called and called in vain for her stony-hearted husband and her besotted maid, then stood gazing at the smoke-blackened ceiling and the dismal ravages of the fire. This commonplace accident assumed in her eyes a mystic significance that frightened her. But presently as the candle began to flicker she lay down, tired out and very cold, upon her bed under the skeleton of the charred canopy whose black shreds fluttered like the wings of a bat. The next morning, on waking, she wept for her blue curtains, the souvenir and symbol of her youth; bare-footed, with dishevelled hair, smothered with blacks and clad only in her nightdress, she ran desperately about the rooms, crying and moaning. M. Bergeret took no notice of her; for him she had ceased to exist.That evening, with the help of the girl Marie, she drew her bed into the middle of the dreary room. But now she realized that this room could never again be a resting-place for her, and that she must leave the home where for fifteen years she had fulfilled the duties of daily life.Moreover, the ingenious Bergeret, having taken rooms for his daughter Pauline and himself in a little house in the Place Saint-Exup�re, was busy moving out and moving in.He went backwards and forwards ceaselessly between the two houses, keeping close to the walls, and trotting along with the agility of a mouse suddenly unearthed in a heap of debris. His heart was glad within him, but he concealed his joy, for he was a prudent man.
Download or read book The Amethyst Ring written by Anatole France and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That point, too, was open to doubt. Some people declared M. Bergeret to be anice, quiet man, the only thing to dislike in him being his too subtle mind, which wasat variance with public opinion.M. de Terremondre said that M. Bergeret was a very nice sort of man; to whichMadame Dellion replied that if he were really a good man he would have stood byhis wife, however wicked she was."There would be some merit in that," she said. "There is nothing noble in puttingupwith a charming woman."Another opinion of Madame Dellion's was: "M. Bergeret is doing his utmost tokeep his wife, but she is leaving him, and quite right too! It serves M. Bergeretright."Thus did Madame Dellion express opinions which were inconsistent, for humanthought has ever depended not upon force of reason but on violence of feeling.Although the world is known to be uncertain in its judgment, Madame Bergeretwould have gone from the town in possession of a good reputation, if on the veryeve of her departure, when paying her farewell visit to Madame Lacarelle, she hadnot met M. Lacarelle alone in the drawing-room.M. Gustave Lacarelle, chief clerk at the préfecture, had a long, thick, fairmoustache, which, while the chief characteristic of his countenance, was alsodestined to determine his character. In his student days at the Law Schools, hiscomrades had discovered in him a resemblance to the ancient Gauls, as depictedin the sculpture and paintings of the later romanticists. Other more carefulobservers, remarking that the long strands of hair were situated under a snub noseand placid eyes, gave Lacarelle the name of "The Seal." The latter, however, didnot prevail against that of "The Gaul." Lacarelle became "The Gaul" to hiscompanions, who consequently made up their minds that he ought to be a greatdrinker, a great fighter, and a devil with the women, in order that he might conformin reality to the Frenchman of immemorial tradition. At the Corps dinners he wasforced to drink far more than he wanted, and he could never go into a brasseriewith his friends without being pushed up against some tray-laden waitress. Whenhe married and returned to his native town, and, by what was a great stroke offortune in those days, obtained a post in the Central Administration of thedepartment from which he hailed, Gustave Lacarelle continued to be called "TheGaul" by the most important of the magistrates, lawyers, and Government officialswho frequented his house. The ignorant mob, however, did not bestow this nameupon him until 1895, in which year a statue to Eporedorix was erected and unveiledon the Pont National.Twenty-two years previously, under the presidency of M. Thiers, it had beendecided that subscriptions should be invited for the erection of a statue to theGaulish chief Eporedorix, who, in the year 52 B.C., led the river tribes againstCæsar, and imperilled the small Roman garrison by cutting down the woodenbridge built by them to ensure communication with the rest of the Army. Thearchæologists of the little county town firmly believed that this feat of arms hadbeen accomplished in their town, founding their belief on a passage in theCommentaries which all the learned societies of the district quoted as a proof of thefact that the wooden bridge cut down by Eporedorix was situated in their particulartown. There is a great deal of uncertainty with regard to Cæsar's geography, andlocal patriotism is both fierce and jealous. The chief town of the department, threesous-préfectures, and four smaller towns quarrelled for the glory of havingslaughtered the Romans by the hand of Eporedorix.
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