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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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