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           deRênal,whohadbeenrepudiatedbyhimin1816,andthatthephilosopherSaint-Giraudmustbethebrotherofthatchiefoftheprefectureofwhomanagedtogetthehousesofthemunicipalityknockeddowntohimatacheapprice.

           "AndallthisistheworkofyourBonaparte.Anhonestman,agedforty,andpossessedoffivehundredthousandfrancshoweverinoffensiveheis,cannotsettleintheprovincesandfindpeacethere;thosepriestsandnoblesofhiswillturnhimout."

           "Ohdon’ttalkevilofhim,"exclaimedFalcoz."Francewasneversohighintheesteemofthenationsasduringthethirteenyearsofhisreign;theneverysingleactwasgreat."

           "Youremperor,deviltakehim,"repliedthemanofforty-four,"wasonlygreatonhisbattlefieldsandwhenhereorganisedthefinancesabout1802.Whatisthemeaningofallhisconductsincethen?Whatwithhischamberlains,hispomp,andhisreceptionsintheTuileries,hehassimplyprovidedaneweditionofallthemonarchicaltomfoolery.Itwasarevisededitionandmightpossiblyhavelastedforacenturyortwo.Thenoblesandthepriestswishtogobacktotheoldone,buttheydidnothavetheironhandnecessarytoimposeitonthepublic."

           "Yes,that’sjusthowanoldprinterwouldtalk."

           "Whohasturnedmeoutofmyestate?"continuedtheprinter,angrily."Thepriests,whomNapoleoncalledbackbyhisConcordatinsteadoftreatingthemliketheStatetreatsdoctors,barristers,andastronomers,simplyseeinginthemordinarycitizens,andnotbotheringabouttheparticularcallingbywhichtheyaretryingtoearntheirlivelihood.

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