I don't pout at the Empire; here all the world pouts at the Empire.

Of course I have to mind what I say; but I expect to take my revenge with you." Madame de Bellegarde discoursed for some time longer in this sympathetic strain, with an eager abundance which seemed to indicate that her opportunities for revealing her esoteric philosophy were indeed rare.

She hoped that Newman would never be afraid of her, however he might be with the others, for, really, she went very far indeed.

"Strong people"-- le gens forts--were in her opinion equal, all the world over.

Newman listened to her with an attention at once beguiled and irritated.