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           "Ah!praisingassassinationagain!"saidthemasterofthehouseanxiously.

           "Spareusyoursentimentalsermons,"criedthepresidentangrily.Hisboarlikeeyeshonewithasavagebrilliance."Goon,"hesaidtothemanwiththewaistcoats.Thecheeksandtheforeheadofthepresidentbecamepurple.

           "NobleEngland,"repliedtheadvocate-general,"iscrushedto-day:foreachEnglishmanbeforepayingforhisownbreadisobligedtopaytheinterestonfortymilliardsoffrancswhichwereusedagainsttheJacobins.ShehasnomorePitt."

           "ShehastheDukeofWellington,"saidamilitarypersonagelookingveryimportant.

           "Please,gentlemen,silence,"exclaimedthepresident."Ifwearestillgoingtodispute,therewasnopointinhavingM.Sorelin."

           "Weknowthatmonsieurhasmanyideas,"saidthedukeirritably,lookingattheinterrupterwhowasanoldNapoleonicgeneral.Juliensawthatthesewordscontainedsomepersonalandveryoffensiveallusion.Everybodysmiled,theturncoatgeneralappearedbesidehimselfwithrage.

           "ThereisnolongeraPitt,gentlemen,"wentonthespeakerwithallthedespondencyofamanwhohasgivenupallhopeofbringinghislistenerstoreason."IftherewereanewPittinEngland,youwouldnotdupeanationtwiceoverbythesamemeans."

           "That’swhyavictoriousgeneral,aBuonaparte,willbehenceforwardimpossibleinFrance,"exclaimedthemilitaryinterrupter.

           Onthisoccasionneitherthepresidentnorthedukeventuredtogetangry,thoughJulienthoughthereadintheireyesthattheywouldverymuchliketohavedoneso.

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