A gentleman occupying an administrative office even went so far as to exclaim:
“For my part, Monsieur, if I were told that my brother were a conspirator I would denounce him!”
Frederick invoked the right of resistance, and recalling to mind some phrases that Deslauriers had used in their conversations, he referred to Delosmes, Blackstone, the English Bill of Rights, and Article 2 of the Constitution of ‘91. It was even by virtue of this law that the fall of Napoléon had been proclaimed. It had been recognised in 1830, and inscribed at the head of the Charter. Besides, when the sovereign fails to fulfil the contract, justice requires that he should be overthrown.
“Why, this is abominable!” exclaimed a prefect’s wife.
All the rest remained silent, filled with vague terror, as if they had
