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The Companions of Jehu

CHAPTER XXI
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THE SCHEDULE OF THE DIRECTORY.
We have said that Moreau, furnished no doubt with instructions, left the little house in the Rue de la Victoire, while Bonaparte returned alone to the salon.

Everything furnished an object of comment in such a company as was there assembled; the absence of Moreau, the return of Bonaparte unaccompanied, and the visible good humor which animated his countenance, were all remarked upon.
The eyes which fastened upon him most ardently were those of Josephine and Roland.

Moreau for Bonaparte added twenty chances to the success of the plot; Moreau against Bonaparte robbed him of fifty.

Josephine's eyes were so supplicating that, on leaving Lucien, Bonaparte pushed his brother toward his wife.


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