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Thattimidityoughttoexplainhischildhood，youth，andafter-lifetothosewhoarereluctanttoadmittheexistenceofsuchcharacters，orsuchfactsasthishistoryrelates，——thoughproofsofthemare，alas，commoneverywhere，evenamongprinces；forSophieDaweswastakenbythelastoftheCondesunderworsecircumstancesthantheRabouilleuse。Therearetwospeciesoftimidity，——thetimidityofthemind，andthetimidityofthenerves；aphysicaltimidity，andamoraltimidity。Theoneisindependentoftheother。Thebodymayfearandtremble，whilethemindiscalmandcourageous，orviceversa。Thisisthekeytomanymoraleccentricities。Whenthetwoareunitedinoneman，thatmanwillbeacipherallhislife；suchdouble-sidedtimiditymakeshimwhatwecall“animbecile。“Oftenfinesuppressedqualitiesarehiddenwithinthatimbecile。Tothisdoubleinfirmitywemay，perhaps，owethelivesofcertainmonkswholivedinecstasy；forthisunfortunatemoralandphysicaldispositionisproducedquiteasmuchbytheperfectionofthesoulandoftheorgans，asbydefectswhicharestillunstudied。
ThetimidityofJean-Jacquescamefromacertaintorporofhisfaculties，whichagreatteacheroragreatsurgeon，likeDespleins，wouldhaveroused。Inhim，asinthecretins，thesenseoflovehadinheritedastrengthandvigorwhichwerelackingtohismentalqualities，thoughhehadmindenoughtoguidehiminordinaryaffairs。
Theviolenceofpassion，strippedoftheidealinwhichmostyoungmenexpendit，onlyincreasedhistimidity。Hehadneverbroughthimselftocourt，asthesayingis，anywomaninIssoudun。Certainlynoyounggirlormatronwouldmakeadvancestoayoungmanofmeanstature，awkwardandshame-facedinattitude；whosevulgarface，withitsflattenedfeaturesandpallidskin，makinghimlookoldbeforehistime，wasrenderedstillmorehideousbyapairoflargeandprominentlight-greeneyes。Thepresenceofawomanstultifiedthepoorfellow，whowasdrivenbypassionontheonehandasviolentlyasthelackofideas，resultingfromhiseducation，heldhimbackontheother。
Paralyzedbetweentheseopposingforces，hehadnotawordtosay，andfearedtobespokento，somuchdidhedreadtheobligationofreplying。Desire，whichusuallysetsfreethetongue，onlypetrifiedhispowersofspeech。ThusithappenedthatJean-JacquesRougetwassolitaryandsoughtsolitudebecausetherealonehewasathisease。
Thedoctorhadseen，toolateforremedy，thehavocwroughtinhisson’slifebyatemperamentandacharacterofthiskind。Hewouldhavebeengladtogethimmarried；buttodothat，hemustdeliverhimovertoaninfluencethatwascertaintobecometyrannical，andthedoctorhesitated。Wasitnotpracticallygivingthewholemanagementofthepropertyintothehands
