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Garain, who did not like Paul Vence's ingenious turn of wit and language, tried to hasten the conclusion: "In a word," he said, "there was something of the monster in the man." "There are no monsters," replied Paul Vence; "and men who pass for monsters inspire horror. Napoleon was loved by an entire people. He had the power to win the love of men. The joy of his soldiers was to die for him."
Countess Martin would have wished Dechartre to give his opinion. But he excused himself with a sort of fright. "Do you know," said Schmoll again, "the parable of the three rings, sublime inspiration of a Portuguese Jew." Garain, while complimenting Paul Vence on his brilliant paradox, regretted that wit should be exercised at the expense of morality and justice.
Monsieur Le Menil came to me and did me one of those good turns that one never forgets. He saved me from Monsieur Garain." The General, who knew the Annual Register, and stored away all useful information, pricked up his ears. "Garain," he asked, "the minister who was in the Cabinet when the princes were exiled?" "Himself. I was excessively agreeable to him.
Monsieur Le Menil came to me and did me one of those good turns that one never forgets. He saved me from Monsieur Garain." The General, who knew the Annual Register, and stored away all useful information, pricked up his ears. "Garain," he asked, "the minister who was in the Cabinet when the princes were exiled?" "Himself. I was excessively agreeable to him.
"Do you not think, Monsieur Garain, that it would be well to give a place in the Cabinet to the men who have followed from the beginning the political principles toward which we are directing ourselves to-day?" "They lost themselves in doing it," replied Garam, impatiently. "The politician never should be in advance of circumstances. It is an error to be in the right too soon.
Her husband recalled her in every one of his letters. If, as he asked her to do, she returned to Paris in the first days of May, they might give two or three dinners, followed by receptions. His political group was supported by public opinion. The tide was pushing him along, and Garain thought the Countess Martin's drawing-room might exercise an excellent influence on the future of the country.
At the two semicircles, whereby the dinner-table was prolonged, were M. Montessuy, robust, with blue eyes and ruddy complexion; a young cousin, Madame Belleme de Saint-Nom, embarrassed by her long, thin arms; the painter Duviquet; M. Daniel Salomon; then Paul Vence and Garain the deputy; Belleme de Saint-Nom; an unknown senator; and Dechartre, who was dining at the house for the first time.
Garain, who was not cynical, made no answer. "Garain, do you not yet know," asked Count Martin, "whether with the Premiership you are to take the Seals or the Interior?" Garain replied that his decision would depend on the choice which some one else would make. The presence of that personage in the Cabinet was necessary, and he hesitated between two portfolios.
He talked to me of the yearnings of his heart and he looked at me with alarming tenderness. And from time to time he gazed, with sighs, at the portrait of the Duc d'Orleans. I said to him: 'Monsieur Garain, you are making a mistake. It is my sister-in-law who is an Orleanist. I am not. At this moment Monsieur Le Menil came to escort me to the buffet. He paid great compliments to my horses!
The General wished to please Garain, and he had no other idea. However, he succeeded, after an effort, in formulating a judgment: "Napoleon committed faults; in his situation he should not have committed any." And he stopped abruptly, very red. Madame Martin asked: "And you, Monsieur Vence, what do you think of Napoleon?"
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