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And his protector, who would not give it to him, was an unfortunate rival. He laughed, while moulding a dog from a piece of bread. M. Berthier-d'Eyzelles, calm and grave, caressed his handsome white beard.
However, in the hall, in the corridors, the names of the new Ministers went from mouth to mouth in the midst of profound indifference: President of the Council and Minister of the Interior, Berthier-d'Eyzelles; justice and Religions, Loyer; Treasury, Martin-Belleme. All the ministers were known except those of Commerce, War, and the Navy, who were not yet designated.
He was in one of his moments of melancholy, when nothingness appeared to him to be the end of life. He had flattered Garain, and Garain, thinking him too clever, had preferred for Minister of War a shortsighted and national artillery general. At least, the General relished the pleasure of seeing Garain abandoned, betrayed by his friends Berthier-d'Eyzelles and Martin-Belleme.
Montessuy came into the parlor joyfully. He had won the game. He sat beside Berthier-d'Eyzelles, and, taking a newspaper from the sofa, said: "The Minister of Finance announces that he will propose, when the Chamber reassembles, his savings-bank bill."
Montessuy came into the parlor joyfully. He had won the game. He sat beside Berthier-d'Eyzelles, and, taking a newspaper from the sofa, said: "The Minister of Finance announces that he will propose, when the Chamber reassembles, his savings-bank bill."
The bloom of her cheeks heightened the austere dignity of her attitude. She was attracting much notice. It had been learned in the morning that, after the failure of Garain's latest combination, M. Berthier-d'Eyzelles had, undertaken the task of forming a Ministry.
And his protector, who would not give it to him, was an unfortunate rival. He laughed, while moulding a dog from a piece of bread. M. Berthier-d'Eyzelles, calm and grave, caressed his handsome white beard.
Gentlemen, I appeal to your devotion." And the laborious distribution of the portfolios began again. Count Martin received, in the first place, the Public Works, which he refused, for lack of competency, and afterward the Foreign Affairs, which he accepted without objection. But M. Berthier-d'Eyzelles, to whom Garain offered Commerce and Agriculture, reserved his decision. Loyer got the Colonies.
At once, after breakfast, she had closeted herself in her room, and there, her letters unfolded on her knees, she relished hastily her furtive joy. She was to drive at two o'clock on the mall with her father, her husband, the Princess Seniavine; Madame Berthier-d'Eyzelles, the wife of the Deputy, and Madame Raymond, the wife of the Academician. She had two letters that day.
Madame Martin had at her right Garain the Deputy, formerly Chancellor, also President of the Council, and at her left Senator Loyer. At Count Martin-Belleme's right was Monsieur Berthier-d'Eyzelles. It was an intimate and serious business gathering. In conformity with Montessuy's prediction, the Cabinet had fallen four days before.
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