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The secret society, the Marianne, the Carbonari, the offshoots of the Tugendbund, the ineffectual rising or transient revolution, always bloodily repressed, whether in Italy, Spain, Russia, Austria, or Poland these were the sole weapons left to Liberty, which had once at its summons the legions of Napoleon. And in this singular conflict, what leaders!
"But not his spies," replied Sebastian coldly. "Since they wore his uniform, they cannot be blamed for doing their duty. They are brave enough. They would hardly avoid returning to Dantzig because because they have outwitted the Tugendbund." Mathilde's face was colourless with anger, and her quiet eyes flashed.
Perhaps, in the Rathskeller itself one of the largest wine stores in the world, where tables and chairs are set beneath the arches of the Exchange, a vast cave under the streets perhaps here the Tugendbund still encouraged men to be virtuous and self-denying for no other or higher purpose than the overthrow of the Scourge of Europe.
The latent spirit of German nationality, aroused by Napoleon's ruthless treatment of Prussia, and quickened into a flame by sympathy with the uprising in Spain, was embodied in the secret association of the Tugendbund; and Austria, smarting under a sense of her own humiliation, mustered up courage to assume the leadership of a national movement.
She had been surprised into this sudden advocacy, and an advocate who displays temper is always a dangerous ally. Sebastian glanced at her sharply. She was usually so self-controlled that her flashing eyes and quick breath betrayed her. "What do you know of the Tugendbund?" he asked. But she would not answer, merely shrugging her shoulders and closing her thin lips with a snap.
"It is not only in Dantzig," said Sebastian, "that they are unsafe. It is anywhere where the Tugendbund can reach them." He turned sharply to Desiree. His wits, cleared by action, told him that her silence meant that she, at all events, had not been surprised. She had, therefore, known already the part played by De Casimir and Charles, in Dantzig, before the war.
The incubation of insurrections gives the retort to the premeditation of coups d'etat. There did not, as yet, exist in France any of those vast underlying organizations, like the German tugendbund and Italian Carbonarism; but here and there there were dark underminings, which were in process of throwing off shoots.
In passing the letter, the man made a scarcely perceptible movement of the hand which might have been a signal. "No," said D'Arragon, "I do not belong to the Tugendbund or to any other secret society. We have need of no such associations in my country." The cobbler laughed, not without embarrassment. "You have a quick eye," he said. "It is a great country, England.
Napoleon's spies, however, came upon the trace of the Tugendbund. Stein, exposed by an intercepted letter, was outlawed by Napoleon and compelled to quit Prussia. He was succeeded by Hardenberg, by whom the treaty of Basel had formerly been concluded and whose nomination was publicly approved of by Napoleon.
For the Emperor strikes hard and quickly. I speak of your father, Mademoiselle and of the Tugendbund." Still he could not see from the pale profile whether Mathilde knew anything at all. "And if I procure information for you?" asked she at length, in a quiet and collected voice. "You will help me to attain a position such as I could ask even you to share with me.
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