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The Country Doctor-Part22_Honore de Balzac(1799-1850)_Translated Works(翻译文学)-第2页

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you about; one belongs to the notary, and the other to the justice of

the peace."



They came at that moment into a broad road, fairly evenly paved with

large cobble-stones. There were altogether about a hundred new houses



on either side of it, and almost every house stood in a garden.

The view of the church with its doorway made a pretty termination to



this road. Two more roads had been recently planned out half-way down

the course of the first, and many new houses had already been built



along them. The town-hall stood opposite the parsonage, in the square

by the church. As Benassis went down the road, women and children



stood in their doorways to wish him good-evening, the men took off

their caps, and the little children danced and shouted about his



horse, as if the animal's good-nature were as well known as the

kindness of its master. The gladness was undemonstrative; there was



the instinctivedelicacy of all deep feeling about it, and it had the

same pervasive power. At the sight of this welcome it seemed to



Genestas that the doctor had been too modest in his description of the

affection with which he was regarded by the people of the district.



His truly was a sovereignty of the sweetest kind; a right royal

sovereigntymoreover, for its title was engraven in the hearts of its



subjects. However dazzling the rays of glory that surround a man,

however great the power that he enjoys, in his inmost soul he soon



comes to a just estimate of the sentiments that all external action

causes for him. He very soon sees that no change has been wrought in



him, that there is nothing new and nothing greater in the exercise of

his physical faculties, and discovers his own real nothingness. Kings,



even should they rule over the whole world, are condemned to live in a

narrow circle like other men. They must even submit to the conditions



of their lot, and their happiness depends upon the personal

impressions that they receive. But Benassis met with nothing but



goodwill and loyalty throughout the district.

CHAPTER III



THE NAPOLEON OF THE PEOPLE

"Pray, come in, sir!" cried Jacquotte. "A pretty time the gentlemen



have been waiting for you! It is always the way! You always manage to

spoil the dinner for me whenever it ought to be particularly good.



Everything is cooked to death by this time----"

"Oh! well, here we are," answered Benassis with a smile.



The two horsemen dismounted, and went off to the salon, where the

guests invited by the doctor were assembled.



"Gentlemen," he said taking Genestas by the hand, "I have the honor of

introducing you to M. Bluteau, captain of a regiment of cavalry



stationed at Grenoble--an old soldier, who has promised me that he

will stay among us for a little while."



Then, turning to Genestas, he presented to him a tall, thin, gray-

haired man, dressed in black.



"This gentleman," said Benassis, "is M. Dufau, the justice of the

peace of whom I have already spoken to you, and who has so largely



contributed to the prosperity of the Commune." Then he led his guest

up to a pale, slight young man of middle height, who wore spectacles,



and was also dressed in black. "And this is M. Tonnelet," he went on,

"M. Gravier's son-in-law, and the first notary who came to the



village."

The doctor next turned to a stout man, who seemed to belong half to



the peasant, half to the middle class, the owner of a rough-pimpled

but good-humored countenance.



"This is my worthycolleague M. Cambon," he went on, the timber-

merchant, to whom I owe the confidence and good-will of the people



here. He was one of the promoters of the road which you have admired.

I have no need to tell you the profession of this gentleman," Benassis



added, turning to the curate. "Here is a man whom no one can help

loving."



There was an irresistibleattraction in the moral beauty expressed by

the cure's countenance, which engrossed Genestas' attention. Yet a



certain harshness and austerity of outline might make M. Janvier's

face seem unpleasing at a first glance. His attitude, and his slight,



emaciated frame, showed that he was far from strong physically, but

the unchanging serenity of his face bore witness to the profound



inward peace of heart. Heaven seemed to be reflected in his eyes, and




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