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Chapter 7 Villette
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I awoke next morning with courage revived and spirits refreshed: physical debility no longer enervated1 my judgment2; my mind felt prompt and clear.
Just as I finished dressing3, a tap came to the door: I said, “Come in,” expecting the chambermaid, whereas a rough man walked in and said —
“Gif me your keys, Meess.”
“Why?” I asked.
“Gif!” said he impatiently; and as he half-snatched them from my hand, he added, “All right! haf your tronc soon.”
Fortunately it did turn out all right: he was from the custom-house. Where to go to get some breakfast I could not tell; but I proceeded, not without hesitation5, to descend6.
I now observed, what I had not noticed in my extreme weariness last night, viz. that this inn was, in fact, a large hotel; and as I slowly descended7 the broad staircase, halting on each step (for I was in wonderfully little haste to get down), I gazed at the high ceiling above me, at the painted walls around, at the wide windows which filled the house with light, at the veined marble I trod (for the steps were all of marble, though uncarpeted and not very clean), and contrasting all this with the dimensions of the closet assigned to me as a chamber4, with the extreme modesty9 of its appointments, I fell into a philosophizing mood.
Much I marvelled10 at the sagacity evinced by waiters and chamber-maids in proportioning the accommodation to the guest. How could inn-servants and ship-stewardesses everywhere tell at a glance that I, for instance, was an individual of no social significance, and little burdened by cash? They did know it evidently: I saw quite well that they all, in a moment’s calculation, estimated me at about the same fractional value. The fact seemed to me curious and pregnant: I would not disguise from myself what it indicated, yet managed to keep up my spirits pretty well under its pressure.
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plebeian
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faculties
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throbbing
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sneering
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providence
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fixedly
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