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That a happy spirit of union may pervade this assembly, gentlemen, and that this may be an ever memorable epoch for the happiness and prosperity of the kingdom, is the wish of my heart, the most ardent of my desires; it is, in a word, the reward which I expect for the uprightness of my intentions, and my love of my subjects." Barentin, keeper of the seals, spoke next.
They asked an Italian lady who was with them why all the demonstrations only made her more melancholy. She answered: "Because I was at Versailles in 1789." Barentin, the minister who had opposed Necker's plans and viewed the States-General with apprehension and disgust, spoke after the king. He was a French judge, with no heart for any form of government but the ancient one enjoyed by France.
Barentin, the keeper of the seals, the count d'Artois, the prince de Conde, and the prince de Conti conducted alone the projects they had concerted. Necker lost all his influence; he had proposed to the king a conciliatory plan, which might have succeeded before the struggle attained this degree of animosity, but could do so no longer.
The car was fully supplied with petrol and water was in admirable order. The hotel-keeper was watching him. "If they ask for me," said Fandor-Vinson, "tell them I have gone for a test run, and will be back in three minutes." With that he jumped into his seat, set the car in motion, passed beneath the archway and on to the high road. He turned in the direction of Barentin.
The greedy keeper of the seals was succeeded by Barentin, premier-president of the Court of Aids. The number of folks of no avocation, of mendicants and of vagabonds, was increasing every day in Paris.
His thoughts dwelt on the mysterious abbé. "I would give a jolly lot to know who this pretended abbé really is!" He tore through the village of Barentin at racing speed. A covered cart full of peasants stopped the way. Fandor drew up. He addressed the driver: "Monsieur, I have rather lost my bearings: will you kindly tell me in which direction the nearest railway station lies?"
Mr. Brassey managed notwithstanding to illustrate the civilizing power of railways by teaching the Basques the use of paper money. Minor misfortunes of course occurred, such as the fall of the Barentin Viaduct on the Rouen and Havre railway, a brick structure one hundred feet high and a third of a mile in length, which had just elicited the praise of the Minister of Public Works.
The illness of the Dauphin had not prevented the two privileged orders from being received by the king. This preference offended the Communes. They ordered the President to solicit an audience. He discharged his duty with great caution. All his proceedings were concerted with two ministers, Necker and M. de Barentin.
We shall pass through the town; a few kilometres further on, at Barentin, we shall halt for the night.... I know a very good little hotel there!" Fandor refrained from comment.
The corporal and the abbé, leaving Rouen, had taken the road to Barentin, had dined at The Flowery Crossways Hotel, and, according to the chauffeur's statement, they would pass the night there: they would reach Dieppe next morning at the earliest possible moment. Juve hurried with the news to de Loubersac.
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