24/50 M.Bixio carried off the decree of deposition to get it printed. Esquiros, Marc Dufraisse, Pascal Duprat, Rigal, Lherbette, Chamiot, Latrade, Colfavru, Antony Thouret, threw in here and there energetic words of advice. M.Dufaure, resolute and indignant, protested with authority. M.Odilon Barrot, motionless in a corner, maintained the silence of stupefied silliness. Passy and de Tocqueville, in the midst of the groups, described that when they were Ministers they had always entertained an uneasy suspicion of a _coup d'etat_, and that they clearly perceived this fixed idea in the brain of Louis Bonaparte. |