2/6 It is to say, 'Good!' This is how it appears to them. The law of the 31st May is abrogated--'Well done!' Universal suffrage is re-established--'Also well done!' The reactionary majority has been driven away--'Admirable!' Thiers is arrested--'Capital!' Changarnier is seized--'Bravo!' Round each placard there are _claqueurs_. Ratapoil explains his _coup d'etat_ to Jacques Bonhomme, Jacques Bonhomme takes it all in. Briefly, it is my impression that the people give their consent." "Let it be so," said I. |