Memoirs of the Comte De Mercy Argenteau Napoleons Chamberlain And His Minister
Memoirs of the Comte De Mercy Argenteau Napoleons Chamberlain And His Minister
Franois Joseph Charles Marie Mercy Argenteau
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" I had exactly found my mark. At these last words of mine, the King took me quickly by the arm, and replied in these very words : — "Understand this, Monsieur le Comte: there are two things which can no longer continue together. One of them will suc- cumb. Royalty is menaced everywhere and on all sides. I am here, as you see, surrounded by enemies, and living on the edge of a volcano. This position cannot be maintained much longer. I must get out of it, and at all costs, do you understand? Roy...al power must recover its rights; must free itself from the fetters which shackle it. 4 49 THE EVENTS OF 1830 This is the only guarantee of the return of social order. " I could hardly imagine that I had heard correctly; that the blindness of prejudice could go so far! I shivered from head to foot. . . . His words were a flash of light for me; I saw only too well what rashness and danger they contained; and of which I was soon to receive the proof. Struck by the firmness and eagerness with which the King had just expressed himself, and by his determined and assured look, I remained for a moment silent and dumbfounded.
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