31/58 When the whole ministry is aroused your remonstrances will meet with general approval." Bixiou. "Dutocq believes in the principles of the grand air composed by the sublime Rossini for Basilio,--which goes to show, by the bye, that the great composer was also a great politician. I shall leave my card on Monsieur Rabourdin to-morrow morning, inscribed thus: 'Bixiou; no self-respect, no application, restless mind.'" Godard. Let us all leave our cards to-morrow on Rabourdin inscribed in the same way." Dutocq [leading Bixiou apart]. |