Why don't you set it all to music and play it on the clarionet ?" Godard [shrugging his shoulders and departing].

"What utter nonsense!" Colleville.

"Nonsense! nonsense indeed! It is a pity you don't take the trouble to study fatalism, the religion of the Emperor Napoleon." Godard [irritated at Colleville's tone].

"Monsieur Colleville, let me tell you that Bonaparte may perhaps be styled Emperor by historians, but it is extremely out of place to refer to him as such in a government office." Bixiou [laughing].

"Get an anagram out of that, my dear fellow." Colleville [angrily].