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The Doctor eyed him for some seconds in stupefaction. He was aware that he was angry, and blushed for himself in consequence, which made him angrier. 'If this is how you address your master! he said at last, with a shrug and a flourish of his arms. 'I do not speak to him at all, returned the boy. 'I do not like him. 'Then you like me? snapped Doctor Desprez, with unusual eagerness.
'Have you been to Franchard, Jean-Marie? inquired the Doctor. 'I fancy not. 'Never, replied the boy. 'It is ruin in a gorge, continued Desprez, adopting his expository voice; 'the ruin of a hermitage and chapel. History tells us much of Franchard; how the recluse was often slain by robbers; how he lived on a most insufficient diet; how he was expected to pass his days in prayer.
'Celtic, Celtic! he said. 'Celtic! cried Madame Tentaillon, who had perhaps confounded the word with hydrocephalous. 'Poor lad! is it dangerous? 'That depends, returned the Doctor grimly. And then once more addressing the boy: 'And what do you do for your living, Jean-Marie? he inquired. 'I tumble, was the answer. 'So! Tumble? repeated Desprez. 'Probably healthful.
"He is on the move thanks to the commercial imagination." "I have not seen that hamper for for ever so long," remarked the Doctor. "Nor will you see it much longer," chuckled Casimir, "unless, indeed, we interfere. And by the way, I insist on an examination." "You will not require," said Desprez, positively with a sob; and, casting a moist, triumphant glance at Casimir, he began to run.
'Yes, said the boy slowly; 'yes, I like it. 'And why do you like it? continued the Doctor. 'It is quiet, answered Jean-Marie; 'and I have nothing to do; and then I feel as if I were good. Doctor Desprez took a seat on the post at the opposite side. He was beginning to take an interest in the talk, for the boy plainly thought before he spoke, and tried to answer truly.
The Minister of the Treasury, dismayed, as well may be supposed, at such a state of things during the Emperor's absence, convoked a Council, at which Joseph Bonaparte presided, and to which Desprez and Wanlerberghe were summoned. Ouvrard being informed of this financial convulsion made all possible haste from Madrid, and on his arrival at Paris sought assistance from Amsterdam.
The bankruptcy of Desprez was dreadful; it was followed by the failure of many houses, the credit of which was previously undoubted. To temper the exultation which victory was calculated to excite, the news of the desperate situation of the Treasury and the Bank reached the Emperor on the day after the battle of Austerlitz.
"And so I suppose," said the Doctor, with a rising sneer, "you prayed God to forgive you, and explained the case to Him at length." "Why, sir?" asked Jean-Marie. "I do not see." "Your priest would see, however," retorted Desprez. "Would he?" asked the boy, troubled for the first time. "I should have thought God would have known." "Eh?" snarled the Doctor.
The bankruptcy of Desprez was dreadful; it was followed by the failure of many houses, the credit of which was previously undoubted. To temper the exultation which victory was calculated to excite, the news of the desperate situation of the Treasury and the Bank reached the Emperor on the day after the battle of Austerlitz.
Depreciation of the Bank paper Ouvrard His great discretion Bonaparte's opinion of the rich Ouvrard's imprisonment His partnership with the King of Spain His connection with Waalenberghe and Desprez Bonaparte's return to Paris after the campaign of Vienna Hasty dismissal of M. Barbe Marbois.
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