For money, too! The devil--it must have been the devil--to sell that secret to the Government!" "I can't see what the Government wanted it for," growled Alexis moodily.
"No, but I can.

It is not the Emperor; he is a gentleman, although he has the misfortune to wear the purple.

No, it is those about him.

They want to stop education; they want to crush the peasant.

They are afraid of being found out; they live in their grand houses, and support their grand names on the money they crush out of the starving peasant." "So do I, so far as that goes." "Of course you do! And I am your steward--your crusher.