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           "Ifyourcharactersdon’ttalkpolitics,"repliedthepublisher,"theyceasetobeFrenchmenof1830,andyourbookisnolongeramirrorasyouclaim?")

           Julien’srecordrantotwenty-sixpages.Hereisaverydilutedextract,forithasbeennecessarytoadopttheinvariablepracticeofsuppressingthoseludicrouspassages,whoseviolencewouldhaveseemedeitheroffensiveorintolerable(seetheGazettedesTribunaux).

           Themanwiththewaistcoatsandthepaternalexpression(hewasperhapsabishop)oftensmiledandthenhiseyes,whichweresurroundedwithafloatingforestofeyebrows,assumedasingularbrillianceandanunusuallydecidedexpression.Thispersonagewhomtheymadespeakfirstbeforetheduke("butwhatdukeisit?"thoughtJulientohimself)withtheapparentobjectofexpoundingvariouspointsofviewandfulfillingthefunctionsofanadvocate-general,appearedtoJulientofallintotheuncertaintyandlackofdefinitenesswithwhichthoseofficialsaresooftentaxed.Duringthecourseofthediscussionthedukewentsofarastoreproachhimonthisscore.Afterseveralsentencesofmoralityandindulgentphilosophythemaninthewaistcoatssaid,

           "NobleEngland,undertheguidinghandofagreatman,theimmortalPitt,hasspentfortymilliardsoffrancsinopposingtherevolution.Ifthismeetingwillallowmetotreatsomelancholyasubjectwithsomefrankness,EnglandfailstorealisesufficientlythatindealingwithamanlikeBuonaparte,especiallywhentheyhavenothingtoopposehimwith,exceptabundleofgoodintentionsthereisnothingdecisiveexceptpersonalmethods.

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