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;Alas� �that is all。;
;Will you swear it�拭─�
;What�察�monsieur� �you admit�察 �then�察 �that Samuel Brohl has a word of
honourthat when he has sworn�察�he can be believed�拭─�
;You are right�察�I am still very young。;
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;That is all�察�then�察�I swear to you�察─�affirmed Samuel�察�sighing。 ;My shop
is poorly stocked�察 �I had begun laying in a supply�察 �but an unfortunate
accident deranged my little business。;
;Bah� �be consoled�察─ �replied M。 Langis�察 �you will find another
opportunity�察�a genius of such lofty flights as yours never is at a loss。 You
have been unfortunate�察 �some day Fortune will compensate you for the
wrongs she has done you�察�and the world will accord justice to your fine
talents。;
Speaking thus�察 �he laid on the table twenty´five notes of a thousand
francs each。 He counted them�察�Samuel counted them after him�察�and at once
delivered to him the medallion�察�the hood�察�and the two letters。
Camille rose to leave。 ;Monsieur Brohl�察─�he said�察 �from the first day I
saw you�察 �I formed the highest opinion of your character。 The reality
surpasses my expectations。 I am charmed to have made your acquaintance�察�
and I venture to hope that you are not sorry to have made mine。 However�察�
I shall not say�察�/au revoir/。;
;Who knows�拭─ �replied Samuel�察 �suddenly changing his countenance
and attitude。 And he added�察 �If you are fond of being astonished�察�monsieur�察�
will you remain still another instant in this den�拭─�
He rolled and twisted the twenty´five one´thousand´franc notes into
lamp´lighters�察 �then�察 �with a grand gesture�察 �/a la Poniatowski/�察 �he
approached the candle�察�held them in the flame until they blazed�察�and then
threw them on the hearth�察�where they were soon consumed。
Turning towards M。 Langis�察�he cried�察 �Will you now do me the honour
of fighting with me�拭─�
;After such a noble act as that�察 �I can refuse you nothing�察─ �returned
Camille。 ;I will do you that signal honour。;
;Just what I desire�察─ �replied Samuel。 ;I am the offended�察 �I have the
choice of arms。; And�察 �in showing M。 Langis out�察 �he said�察 �I will not
conceal from you that I have frequented the shooting´galleries�察�and that I
am a first´class pistol´shot。;
Camille bowed and went out。
The next day�察�in a lucid interval�察�Mlle。 Moriaz saw at the foot of her
bed a medallion laid on a red hood。 From that moment the physician
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announced an improvement in her symptoms。
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CHAPTER XII
Six days after these events�察 �Samuel Brohl�察 �having passed through
Namur and Liege without stopping at either place�察�arrived by rail at Aix´
la´ Chapelle。 He went directly to the Hotel Royal�察 �close to the railroad´
station�察 �he ordered a hearty dinner to be served him�察 �which he washed
down with foaming champagne。 He had an excellent appetite�察 �his soul
kept holiday�察 �his heart was expanded�察 �inflated with joy�察 �and his brain
intoxicated。 He had revenged himself�察 �he had meted out justice to that
insolent fellow�察 �his rival。 Mlle。 Moriaz did not belong to Samuel Brohl�察�
but she never would belong to Camille Langis。 Near the Franco´ Belgian
frontier�察 �on the verge of a forest�察 �a man had been shot in the breast�察�
Samuel Brohl had seen him fall�察�and some one had cried�察 �He is dead� ─�It
is asserted that Aix´la´Chapelle is a very dull city�察�that the very dogs suffer
so sadly from ennui that they piteously beg passers´by to kick them�察�with a
view to having a little excitement。 Samuel never felt one moment's ennui
during the evening that he spent in Charlemagne's city。 He had constantly
in mind a certain spot in a forest�察�and a man falling�察�and he experienced a
thrill of delight。
After the champagne�察 �he drank punch�察 �an after that he slept like a
dormouse�察 �unfortunately�察 �sleep dissipated his exhilaration�察 �and when he
awoke his gaiety had left him。 He had the fatal custom of reflecting�察�his
reflections saddened him�察�he was revenged�察�but what then�拭�He thought for
a long while of Mlle。 Moriaz�察 �he gazed with melancholy eye at his two
hands�察�which had allowed her and good fortune to elude their grasp。
He recited in a low voice some German verses�察�signifying�此�
;I have resolved to bury my songs and my dreams�察�bring me a large
coffin。 Why is this coffin so heavy�拭�Because in it with my dreams I have
laid away my love and my sorrows。;
When he had recited these verses Samuel felt sadder than before�察�and
he cursed the poets。 ;They did me great harm�察─�he said�察�bitterly。 ;Without
them I had spent days interwoven with gold and silk。 My future was
secure�此�it was they who gave me a distaste for my position。 I believed in
them�察 �I was the dupe of their hollow declamation�察 �they taught me
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thoughtless contempt�察 �and they gave me the sickly ambition to play the
silly part of a man of fine sentiments。 I despised the mud。 Where am I
now�拭─�
He had formed the project of going to Holland and of embarking
thence for America。 What would he do in the United States�拭�He did not
know yet。 He passed in review all the professions that at all suited him�察�
they all required an outlay for first expenses。 Thanks to God and to M。
Guldenthal�察�whose loan was in the greatest danger�察�he was not destitute of
all supplies。 But a week previous he had held into the flames and burned
twenty´five one´thousand´franc bills of the Bank of France。 He felt some
remorse for the act�察 �he could not help thinking that a revenge that cost
twenty´five thousand francs was an article of luxury of which poor devils
should deprive themselves。 In thinking over this adventure�察�it seemed to
him that it was another than himself who had burned those bills�察�or at least
that he had mechanically executed this /auto´da´fe/ through a sort of
thoughtless impulse�察�like a puppet moved by an invisible string。 Suddenly
the phantom with whom he had had frequent conversations appeared�察�and
there was a sneer on its lips。 Samuel addressed it once morethis was to
be the last time�察�he said�此�
;Imbecile� �You are my evil genius。 It was you who caused me to
commit this extravagance。 You yourself lighted the candle�察 �you put the
bills into my hands�察 �you guided my arm�察 �extended it�察 �held it above the
fatal flame。 This act of supreme heroism was your work�察�it is not I�察�it is
you�察�who paid so dearly for the pleasure of astonishing one who wantonly
insulted me�察�and of killing him。 Cursed forever be the day when I assumed
your name�察 �and when I conceived the foolish notion of becoming your
second self� �I made myself a Pole�此�did Poland ever have the least idea of
government�拭�You of all men were the most incapable of making your way�察�
I aped a poor model indeed。 Abel Larinski�察�I break off all connection with
you�察�I wind up the affairs of our firm�察�I put the key under the door�察�or drop
it down the well。 O my great Pole� �I return to you your title�察�your name�察�
and with your name all that you gave meyour pride�察 �your pretensions�察�
your dangerous delicacy�察 �your attitudes�察 �your sentimental grimaces�察 �and
your waving plume。;
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It was thus that Samuel Brohl took a decisive farewell of Count Abel
Larinski�察 �who might henceforth rest quietly in his grave�察 �there was no
further danger of a dead man being compromised by a living one。 What
name did Samuel Brohl mean now to assume�拭�Out of spite to his destiny�察�
he chose for the time the humblest of all�察�he decided to call himself Kicks�察�
which was his mother's name。
His melancholy would have known no bounds�察�had he suspected that
Camille Langis was still in the world。 Camille Langis for two weeks lay
between life and death�察�but the ball had finally been successfully extracted。
Mme。 de Lorcy hastened to Mons and nursed him like a mother�察�she had
the joy of bringing him back alive to Paris。
Care was taken that no mention of the duel should be made to Mlle。
Moriaz�察�and not a word concerning it reached her�察�her condition for a long
time caused the gravest anxiety。 After she became convalescent she
remained sunk in a gloomy�察 �taciturn sadness。 She never made the least
allusion to what had passed�察�and would not permit any one to speak of it to
her。 She had been deceived�察�and a mortification�察�mingled with dread�察�was
the result of her mistake。 It seemed to her that nothing remained in life for
her but remembrance and silence。
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