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This
provisional
situation
had
lasted
for
many
years
,
the
cost
of
living
had
increased
immeasurably
and
Grand
’
s
salary
,
despite
some
periodical
increases
,
had
remained
derisory
.
He
complained
of
this
to
Rieux
,
but
no
one
else
seemed
to
be
aware
of
it
.
This
is
where
Grand
’
s
eccentricity
appears
,
or
at
least
one
indication
of
it
;
because
he
could
at
least
have
quoted
the
assurances
he
had
been
given
,
if
not
exactly
his
rights
,
about
which
he
was
unsure
.
But
,
to
begin
with
,
the
chief
who
first
employed
him
had
died
a
long
time
ago
and
in
any
case
the
clerk
did
not
remember
the
precise
terms
of
the
promise
that
he
had
been
given
.
Finally
,
and
most
of
all
,
words
failed
him
.
As
Rieux
observed
,
this
was
the
characteristic
that
best
defined
our
fellow
-
citizen
,
Joseph
Grand
.
This
is
what
always
prevented
him
from
writing
the
letter
of
complaint
that
he
had
in
mind
or
from
taking
whatever
action
the
circumstances
demanded
.
He
claimed
to
feel
especially
inhibited
in
using
the
word
"
right
"
when
not
sure
of
his
rights
,
or
"
promises
"
when
this
might
imply
that
he
was
demanding
something
owed
to
him
—
which
would
,
consequently
,
appear
presumptuous
and
not
appropriate
from
someone
in
the
lowly
post
that
he
occupied
.
On
the
other
hand
,
he
refused
to
use
the
terms
"
goodwill
"
,
"
request
"
and
"
gratitude
"
,
which
he
considered
incompatible
with
his
personal
dignity
.
This
is
why
,
unable
to
find
the
right
words
,
he
continued
in
his
humble
post
until
a
fairly
advanced
age
.
Moreover
,
according
to
what
he
told
Dr
Rieux
,
he
realized
with
time
that
his
material
existence
was
guaranteed
,
since
all
that
was
necessary
in
the
end
was
for
him
to
adapt
his
needs
to
his
income
.
In
this
way
he
acknowledged
the
correctness
of
a
favourite
saying
of
the
Mayor
,
a
captain
of
industry
in
our
town
,
who
would
insist
that
when
it
came
down
to
it
—
and
he
emphasized
the
expression
which
bore
the
full
weight
of
the
argument
—
when
it
came
down
to
it
,
then
,
no
one
had
ever
been
known
to
starve
to
death
.
Anyway
,
the
almost
ascetic
life
led
by
Joseph
Grand
had
at
least
,
in
reality
,
freed
him
from
any
such
worry
.
He
was
still
trying
to
find
the
right
words
.
In
one
sense
,
you
could
say
that
his
life
was
exemplary
.
He
was
one
of
those
men
,
as
rare
among
us
as
anywhere
else
,
who
always
have
the
courage
of
their
better
feelings
.
Indeed
,
the
little
that
he
revealed
of
himself
testified
to
goodness
and
attachments
that
people
nowadays
are
afraid
to
admit
.
He
did
not
blush
to
acknowledge
that
he
loved
his
nephews
and
his
sister
:
she
was
the
only
relative
that
he
still
had
left
and
he
would
go
to
visit
her
every
two
years
in
France
.
He
confessed
that
he
grieved
over
the
memory
of
his
parents
,
who
had
died
when
he
was
still
young
.
He
did
not
deny
that
most
of
all
he
liked
a
certain
bell
in
his
neighbourhood
that
rang
softly
around
five
in
the
evening
.
But
even
to
find
the
words
to
express
such
simple
emotions
cost
him
an
enormous
effort
.
In
the
end
this
problem
had
become
his
main
worry
.
"
Oh
,
doctor
,
"
he
would
say
.
"
I
wish
I
could
learn
to
express
myself
.
"
He
mentioned
this
to
Rieux
every
time
they
met
.
That
evening
,
as
he
watched
the
civil
servant
leave
,
the
doctor
realized
suddenly
what
Grand
meant
:
he
must
surely
be
writing
a
book
or
something
of
that
sort
.
This
reassured
Rieux
all
the
way
to
the
laboratory
,
where
he
did
finally
go
.
He
knew
that
it
was
silly
of
him
to
feel
like
this
,
but
he
could
not
believe
that
the
plague
might
really
get
a
hold
on
a
town
where
you
could
still
find
humble
civil
servants
who
devoted
their
free
moments
to
honourable
obsessions
.
More
exactly
,
he
could
not
imagine
how
such
obsessions
fitted
into
the
context
of
the
plague
,
and
so
concluded
that
,
in
practical
terms
,
the
plague
had
no
future
among
the
people
of
our
town
.
*
*
*
The
following
day
,
as
a
result
of
what
was
considered
excessive
insistence
,
Rieux
persuaded
the
Prefect
’
s
office
to
appoint
a
health
commission
.
"
It
’
s
true
that
people
are
starting
to
worry
,
"
Richard
agreed
,
"
and
gossip
exaggerates
everything
.
The
Prefect
told
me
:
"
Let
’
s
act
quickly
if
you
like
,
but
keep
quiet
about
it
.
"
Anyway
,
he
is
sure
that
it
’
s
a
false
alarm
.
"
Bernard
Rieux
took
Castel
in
his
car
when
he
went
to
the
Prefecture
.
