9/55 "'Issuing from an old parliamentary stock in which devotion to the throne was hereditary, as was also attachment to the faith of our fathers, Monsieur de la Billardiere--'" Bixiou. "Better say Monsieur le Baron de la Billardiere." Du Bruel. "But he wasn't baron in 1793." Bixiou. Don't you remember that under the Empire Fouche was telling an anecdote about the Convention, in which he had to quote Robespierre, and he said, 'Robespierre called out to me, "Duc d'Otrante, go to the Hotel de Ville."' There's a precedent for you!" Du Bruel. |