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Country Pleasures

           Theambitionofbecomingadeputy,thefameofMirabeauandthehundredsofthousandfrancswhichhewonforhimselfwillalwayspreventtherichpeopleintheprovincefromgoingtosleep:theywillcallthatbeingLiberalandlovingthepeople.Thedesireofbecomingapeeroragentlemanofthechamberwillalwayswinovertheultras.Ontheshipofstateeveryoneisanxioustotakeoverthesteeringbecauseitiswellpaid.Willtherebeneverapoorlittleplaceforthesimplepassenger?"

           "Isitthelastelectionswhichareforcingyououtoftheprovince?"

           "Mymisfortunegoesfurtherback.FouryearsagoIwasfortyandpossessed500,000francs.Iamfouryearsolderto-dayandprobably50,000francstothebad,asIshalllosethatsumonthesaleofmychateauofMonfleuryinasuperbpositionneartheRhône.

           "AtParisIwastiredofthatperpetualcomedywhichisrenderedobligatorybywhatyoucallnineteenth-centurycivilisation.Ithirstedforgoodnatureandsimplicity.IboughtanestateinthemountainsneartheRhine,therewasnomorebeautifulplaceundertheheavens.

           "Thevillageclergymanandthegentryofthelocalitypaymecourtforsixmonths;Iinvitethemtodinner;IhaveleftParis,Itellthem,soastoavoidtalkingpoliticsorhearingpoliticstalkedfortherestofmylife.AsyouknowIdonotsubscribetoanypaper,thelesslettersthepostmanbroughtmethehappierIwas.

           "Thatdidnotsuitthevicar’sbook.Iwassoonthevictimofathousandunreasonablerequests,annoyances,etc.

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