He is guilty of treason against his order!" "Oh, sir," said Albert, deprecatingly.
"I said treason!" continued the count.

"I maintain the word.

Remember well, viscount, power has been, and always will be, on the side of wealth, especially on the side of those who hold the soil.

The men of '93 well understood this principle, and acted upon it.

By impoverishing the nobles, they destroyed their prestige more effectually than by abolishing their titles.