"And you, Marie ?" "I did not think of him one way or the other," the girl said coldly.
"He is very awkward; but as he is not to be my companion that does not concern me.

It is like one of papa's dogs, one more or less makes no difference in the house so long as they do not tread upon one's skirt." "That is the true spirit of the French nobility, Marie," her father said sarcastically.

"Outside our own circle the whole human race is nothing to us; they are animals who supply our wants, voila tour.
I tell you, my dear, that the time is coming when this will not suffice.

The nation is stirring; that France which we have so long ignored is lifting its head and muttering; the news from Paris is more and more grave.

The Assembly has assumed the supreme authority, and the king is a puppet in its power.