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The Companions of Jehu

CHAPTER L
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Who then remembered that son of the Velletri banker, whitened with the flour of his ancestors?
No one; not even the far-sighted Cicero.

'_Orandum et tollendum_,' he said.

Well, that lad fooled all the graybeards in the Senate, and reigned almost as long as Louis XIV.
Georges, Georges! don't struggle against the Providence which created me, or that Providence will destroy you." "Then I shall be destroyed while following the path and the religion of my fathers," replied Cadoudal, bowing; "and I hope that God will pardon my error, which will be that of a fervent Christian and a faithful son." Bonaparte laid his hands on the shoulders of the young leader.
"So be it," said he; "but at least remain neuter.

Leave events to complete themselves.

Watch the thrones as they topple, the crowns as they fall.


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