of the of paris and lead them out of egypt become the her husband s friend leader of a heroic cause earn yourself a name among the gods throw down this insignificant emperor from his ill acquired throne to the ground the marble columns and the brazen images that the real enemies of mankind and rear others in their places to the fellows who invented spring beds and cows the corn is ripe for the harvest oh put in your and gather the golden grain even this ridicule failed to arouse from the vein into which he had fallen fully the nature of his companion s expressions he seemed to find in them nevertheless only food for serious thought the hour cannot be far away he said and when it comes the man will be found as he has always been in the past i am not equal to the would to heaven i were but i will fight as best i can in the ranks when the time for action is upon us looked alarmed he could not doubt the perfect sincerity of his friend and he thought it time to try a more serious vein he said sharply what do you mean are you so far gone in this insanity that you would actually yourself with the paris if they attempted an outbreak do you contemplate the pleasure of standing behind with a lot of crazy to be down by the emperor s cannon or taken when the is over to the thank god napoleon is too shrewd to allow you the chance but if the should ever catch him asleep long enough to attempt a rising would you cast i your lot with them is that what you mean man it is time somebody talked sense to you quite raised his thoughtful eyes to the face of his companion you will see he said simply he could not had he used a thousand words have made a more convincing reply responded with a look of disgust and into silence for several minutes when he spoke next it was only to direct the to leave the by the and resume his way back toward the interior of the city it is he broke out some time later as the carriage entered the es to hear a fellow of your natural common sense talk as you do you are gifted with brains enough to an important industry by a wonderful improvement and yet you must needs wish to throw a governed empire into chaos what gang of would ever have laid out a beautiful like this one walled the down here and it with bridges filled a with statues and paintings or carried to a successful close an like that held here three years ago if the day of your ever comes the people may thank their lucky stars that a preceded it you have only to look down this avenue to see the place de la then called the place de la where your direct of the last century set up a knife and kept it for months with the blood of young and old men and women innocent and guilty alike is it not a pleasant picture to recall wouldn t you like to bring it back again a look of deep pain crossed s face i husband s think of the provocation those men had h replied remember the centuries during which they had been treated worse than beasts by their dainty aristocracy read once more the tale of two cities you call the poor of paris but you must not expect to starve beat and even dogs forever without counting on one would think that the ruling classes might have learned something by that flood but it appears otherwise had also grown serious and the answer he made was very unlike that which his ordinary good nature would have promoted oh yes they have learned something he said between his teeth these long straight avenues and show that they learned something though i admit the lesson was acquired slowly it is no longer the easy thing it once was to the streets of paris guns would down would be like before flame planted in a spot like that of l would clear the streets for miles they call the emperor in derision napoleon the little history will substitute for that the of the wise for eighteen years france has most of that time she has been at peace with other nations and she has won only glory in the which make an exception to the rule her present is due to the far seeing of the man you affect to despise f you claim to hate war and to favor progress how can you without desire the overthrow of a ruler who has done so much for his people if you must have a row why not go to russia where there is at least a pretext for your interference why do you wish to in th flags l ss spoil this lovely city just after it has been put in perfect order by good baron it was impossible for to maintain for any great length of time a thoroughly serious mien and toward the end of his remarks he dropped again into his natural you have asked a good many questions replied and i will answer the last one first we purpose trying revolution on the french at this time because they are much more nearly ripe for a change than the they are natural they discuss things they read the newspapers they are acquainted with their own history they know they have dictated terms and that they can do it again at the right yes and this napoleon lets them talk on and print their articles and hold their meetings instead of the whole lot to some french as he ought to do interposed to be sure he occasionally a journal that gets 