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BOOK ONECHAPTER 1 A Small TownCHAPTER 2 The Bread of the.PoorCHAPTER 3 Father and SonCHAPTER 4 Driving a BargainCHAPTER 5 BoredomCHAPTER 6 Elective AffinitiesCHAPTER 7 Minor EventsCHAPTER 8 An Evening in the CountryCHAPTER 9 Night ThoughtsCHAPTER 10 Fashionable StockingsCHAPTER 11 The English ScissorsCHAPTER 12 The Day AfterCHAPTER 13 Anonymous LettersCHAPTER 14 Conversation with a Lord and MasterCHAPTER 15 Manners and Customs in 1830CHAPTER 16 The Sorrows of an OfficialCHAPTER 17 A Capital and a SeminaryCHAPTER 18 HardshipsCHAPTER 19 A ProcessionCHAPTER 20 The First StepCHAPTER 21 AmbitionBOOK TWOCHAPTER 1 Country PleasuresCHAPTER 2 First Appearance in SocietyCHAPTER 3 A DuelCHAPTER 4 An Attack of GoutCHAPTER 5 A BallCHAPTER 6 Queen MargueriteCHAPTER 7 The Tyranny of a GirlCHAPTER 8 APlotCHAPTER 9 PtecautionCHAPTER 10 One o'clock in the MorningCHAPTER 11 The Secret NoteCHAPTER 12 StrasbourgCHAPTER 13 The Office of VirtueCHAPTER 14 Moral LoveCHAPTER 15 A Box at the TheaterCHAPTER 16 Making Her AfraidCHAPTER 17 The TigerCHAPTER 18 The Torment of the WeakCHAPTER 19 A Man of IntelligenceCHAPTER 20 A StormCHAPTER 21 Painful DetailsCHAPTER 22 A Man of PowerCHAPTER 23 IntrigueCHAPTER 24 The ApproachCHAPTER 25 The TrialCHAPTER 26 In the PrisonCHAPTER 27 The Shadow of the BladeCHAPTER 28 Exit Julien