CHAPTERIII
ABURIAL；ANOCCASIONTOBEBORNAGAIN
Inthespringof1832，althoughthecholerahadbeenchillingallmindsforthelastthreemonthsandhadcastovertheiragitationanindescribableandgloomypacification，Parishadalreadylongbeenripeforcommotion。Aswehavesaid，thegreatcityresemblesapieceofartillery；whenitisloaded，itsufficesforasparktofall，andtheshotisdischarged。InJune，1832，thesparkwasthedeathofGeneralLamarque。
Lamarquewasamanofrenownandofaction。Hehadhadinsuccession，undertheEmpireandundertheRestoration，thesortsofbraveryrequisiteforthetwoepochs，thebraveryofthebattle—fieldandthebraveryofthetribune。Hewasaseloquentashehadbeenvaliant；aswordwasdiscernibleinhisspeech。LikeFoy，hispredecessor，afterupholdingthecommand，heupheldliberty；
hesatbetweentheleftandtheextremeleft，belovedofthepeoplebecauseheacceptedthechancesofthefuture，belovedofthepopulacebecausehehadservedtheEmperorwell；hewas，incompanywithComtesGerardandDrouet，oneofNapoleon’smarshalsinpetto。