53.] [Footnote 3190: Roederer, III., 430-432 (April 4, 1802, May I, 1802): "Defermon remarked to me yesterday, 'This will all go on well as long as the First Consul lives; the day after his death we shall all emigrate.' "-- "Every one, from the sailor to the worker, says to himself, 'All this is very well, but will it last ?.. .-- This work we undertake, this capital we risk, this house we build, these trees we plant, what will become of them if he dies ?"] [Footnote 3191: Ibid., 340.

(Words of the First Consul, November 4, 1800.) "Who is the rich man to-day?
The buyer of national domains, the contractor.

the robber."-- These details, above, are provided for me by family narrations and souvenirs.] [Footnote 3192: Napoleon, "Correspondance," letter of September 5, 1795.

"National and emigre property is not dear; patrimonies are priceless."-- Archives nationales, cartons 3144 to 3145, No.1004, missions of the councillors of state, year IX.

(Report by Lacuee on the seven departments of the division of the Seine.) "The proportion of value, in Seine, between national and patrimonial properties is from 8 to 15."-- In Eure, national property of every kind is sold about 10 %.
off, and patrimonial at about 4 %.