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THE RED AND THE BLACK

this Paris gentleman do you, since you administer the poor fund with the utmost scrupulous honesty?"

"He only comes to throw blame and afterwards he will get some articles into the Liberal press."

"You never read them, my dear."

"But they always talk to us about those Jacobin articles, all that distracts us and prevents us from doing good.[1] Personally, I shall never forgive the curé."

  1. Historically true.