Too great a citizen for so small a people, he did not bear a reputation in proportion to his country, but to his virtues.

Corsica remains in the ranks of conquered provinces; but Paoli must always be in the ranks of great men.
V.
After his return to Paris, Dumouriez passed a year in the society of the literary men and women of light fame who gave to the society of the period the spirit and the tone of a constant orgy.

Forming an attachment with an old acquaintance of Madame Du Barry, he knew this _parvenue_ courtezan, whom libertinism had elevated nearly to the throne.

Devoted to the Duc de Choiseul, the enemy of this mistress of the king, and retaining that remnant of virtue which amongst the French is called honour, he did not prostitute his uniform to the court, and blushed to see the old monarch, at the reviews of Fontainebleau, walk on foot with his hat off before his army, beside a carriage in which this woman displayed her beauty and her empire.

Madame Du Barry took offence at the forgetfulness of the young officer, and divined the cause of his absence.