{"product_id":"2940012318633","title":"A Sentimental Education Volume II","description":"CHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003e           A DINNER AND A DUEL                             1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003e           LITTLE LOUISE GROWS UP                         47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XIII.\u003cbr\u003e           ROSANETTE AS A LOVELY TURK                     62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XIV.\u003cbr\u003e           THE BARRICADE                                 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XV.\u003cbr\u003e           \"HOW HAPPY COULD I BE WITH EITHER\"            193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XVI.\u003cbr\u003e           UNPLEASANT NEWS FROM ROSANETTE                214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XVII.\u003cbr\u003e           A STRANGE BETROTHAL                           242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XVIII.\u003cbr\u003e           AN AUCTION                                    292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XIX.\u003cbr\u003e           A BITTER-SWEET REUNION                        315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   CHAPTER XX.\u003cbr\u003e           \"WAIT TILL YOU COME TO FORTY YEAR\"            323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA DINNER AND A DUEL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrederick passed the whole of the next day in brooding over his anger\u003cbr\u003eand humiliation. He reproached himself for not having given a slap in\u003cbr\u003ethe face to Cisy. As for the Maréchale, he swore not to see her again.\u003cbr\u003eOthers as good-looking could be easily found; and, as money would be\u003cbr\u003erequired in order to possess these women, he would speculate on the\u003cbr\u003eBourse with the purchase-money of his farm. He would get rich; he would\u003cbr\u003ecrush the Maréchale and everyone else with his luxury. When the evening\u003cbr\u003ehad come, he was surprised at not having thought of Madame Arnoux.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"So much the better. What's the good of it?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo days after, at eight o'clock, Pellerin came to pay him a visit. He\u003cbr\u003ebegan by expressing his admiration of the furniture and talking in a\u003cbr\u003ewheedling tone. Then, abruptly:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You were at the races on Sunday?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, alas!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThereupon the painter decried the anatomy of English horses, and praised\u003cbr\u003ethe horses of Gericourt and the horses of the Parthenon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rosanette was with you?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd he artfully proceeded to speak in flattering terms about her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrederick's freezing manner put him a little out of countenance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe did not know how to bring about the question of her portrait. His\u003cbr\u003efirst idea had been to do a portrait in the style of Titian. But\u003cbr\u003egradually the varied colouring of his model had bewitched him; he had\u003cbr\u003egone on boldly with the work, heaping up paste on paste and light on\u003cbr\u003elight. Rosanette, in the beginning, was enchanted. Her appointments with\u003cbr\u003eDelmar had interrupted the sittings, and left Pellerin all the time to\u003cbr\u003eget bedazzled. Then, as his admiration began to subside, he asked\u003cbr\u003ehimself whether the picture might not be on a larger scale. He had gone\u003cbr\u003eto have another look at the Titians, realised how the great artist had\u003cbr\u003efilled in his portraits with such finish, and saw wherein his own\u003cbr\u003eshortcomings lay; and then he began to go over the outlines again in the\u003cbr\u003emost simple fashion. After that, he sought, by scraping them off, to\u003cbr\u003elose there, to mingle there, all the tones of the head and those of the\u003cbr\u003ebackground; and the face had assumed consistency and the shades\u003cbr\u003evigour--the whole work had a look of greater firmness. At length the\u003cbr\u003eMaréchale came back again. She even indulged in some hostile criticisms.\u003cbr\u003eThe painter naturally persevered in his own course. After getting into a\u003cbr\u003eviolent passion at her silliness, he said to himself that, after all,\u003cbr\u003eperhaps she was right. Then began the era of doubts, twinges of\u003cbr\u003ereflection which brought about cramps in the stomach, insomnia,\u003cbr\u003efeverishness and disgust with himself. He had the courage to make some\u003cbr\u003eretouchings, but without much heart, and with a feeling that his work\u003cbr\u003ewas bad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe complained merely of having been refused a place in the Salon; then\u003cbr\u003ehe reproached Frederick for not having come to see the Maréchale's\u003cbr\u003eportrait.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What do I care about the Maréchale?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch an expression of unconcern emboldened the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Would you believe that this brute has no interest in the thing any\u003cbr\u003elonger?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat he did not mention was that he had asked her for a thousand crowns.\u003cbr\u003eNow the Maréchale did not give herself much bother about ascertaining\u003cbr\u003ewho was going to pay, and, preferring to screw money out of Arnoux for\u003cbr\u003ethings of a more urgent character, had not even spoken to him on the\u003cbr\u003esubject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Well, and Arnoux?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe had thrown it over on him. The ex-picture-dealer wished to have\u003cbr\u003enothing to do with the portrait.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He maintains that it belongs to Rosanette.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In fact, it is hers.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How is that? 'Tis she that sent me to you,\" was Pellerin's answer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf he had been thinking of the excellence of his work, he would not have\u003cbr\u003edreamed perhaps of making capital out of it.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073389641968,"sku":"2940012318633","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012318633_p0.jpg?v=1763554786","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012318633","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}