4, 1794.) "While waiting this morning at a shop door I overheard a beggar bargaining for a slice of pumpkin.

Unable to agree on the price with the woman who kept the shop he pronounced her 'corrupted with aristocracy.' 'I defy you to prove it!' she replied.
But, as she spoke, she turned pale and added, 'Your civism is beyond all question--but take your pumpkin.' 'Ah,' returned the beggar, 'what a good republican!'"] [Footnote 2179: Ibid., XVIII., 320.

(Meeting of Brumaire 11, year II.
Report by Barere.)--Meillan, 17.

Already, before the 31st May: "The tribune resounded with charges against monopoly, every man being a monopolist who was not reduced to living on daily wages or on alms."] [Footnote 2180: Decrees of July 26, 1793, Sept.

11 and 29; Brumaire 11, and Ventose 6, year II.] [Footnote 2181: Moniteur, XVIII., 359.