The Revolution of 1848 broke out, and the many demands on the young doctor turned his thoughts away for the time from plans of marriage.

His fiancee greatly admired the fiery orator and fighter at barricades, and told him so, in enthusiastic speeches and letters.

The father, however, had no sympathy with reactionaries, and soon conceived a violent antipathy for his future single-minded son-in-law.

As long as the democratic party held the upperhand, he kept his feelings in the background, making nevertheless endless pretexts for delaying the marriage.

The party of reactionaries broke up, however, and the bookseller declared war; he forbade the young democrat to enter his house, and even denounced him to the police.