Thedistressofthepeople,thelaborerswithoutbread,thelastPrincedeCondeengulfedintheshadows,BrusselsexpellingtheNassausasParisdidtheBourbons,BelgiumofferingherselftoaFrenchPrinceandgivingherselftoanEnglishPrince,theRussianhatredofNicolas,behindusthedemonsoftheSouth,FerdinandinSpain,MiguelinPortugal,theearthquakinginItaly,MetternichextendinghishandoverBologna,FrancetreatingAustriasharplyatAncona,attheNorthnooneknewwhatsinistersoundofthehammernailingupPolandinhercoffin,irritatedglanceswatchingFrancenarrowlyalloverEurope,England,asuspectedally,readytogiveapushtothatwhichwastotteringandtohurlherselfonthatwhichshouldfall,thepeerageshelteringitselfbehindBeccariatorefusefourheadstothelaw,thefleurs—de—lyserasedfromtheKing’scarriage,thecrosstornfromNotreDame,Lafayettelessened,Laffitteruined,BenjaminConstantdeadinindigence,CasimirPerierdeadintheexhaustionofhispower;politicalandsocialmaladybreakingoutsimultaneouslyinthetwocapitalsofthekingdom,theoneinthecityofthought,theotherinthecityoftoil;atPariscivilwar,atLyonsservilewar;inthetwocities,thesameglareofthefurnace;acrater—likecrimsononthebrowofthepeople;
theSouthrenderedfanatic,theWesttroubled,theDuchessedeBerryinlaVendee,plots,conspiracies,risings,cholera,addedthesombreroaroftumultofeventstothesombreroarofideas。
CHAPTERV
FACTSWHENCEHISTORYSPRINGSANDWHICHHISTORYIGNORES
TowardstheendofApril,everythinghadbecomeaggravated。
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