Slight Reminiscences of a Septuagenarian From 1802 to 1815
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There were, I should think, several 1 70 Reminiscences of 1815.
hundred lookers-on, of the class who inhabit the Faubourg St. Antoine ; and though I was in a very humble voiture de louage, with a laquais de place behind, they knew I must be an Englishwoman, and many surrounded the carriage, staring at me with most ferocious and villanous expressions of countenance, which seemed to say, ' We should like to pull you out, and tear you to pieces if we could.' I was too well guarded by the Austrians... around, to have any fears ; but my thoughts reverted to the blood- thirsty revolutionary mobs, of which those I then looked at seemed to be the worthy successors.
Often have I driven through ex- cited English mobs, but they were mild and amiable in their appearance when compared with the ferocious i8is. A Septuagenarian. 171 demeanour of these French specimens, who were apparently capable of any atrocity.
My brother Ernest was on duty that day, and was yelled at and abused as he passed along.
After these acts of political justice were completed, I thought I perceived a change of feeling towards the English, and especially towards the Duke of Wellington; which I attributed to their having possibly the credit of being the prime movers in these transactions, as their soldiers were employed to carry them out.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
There were, I should think, several 1 70 Reminiscences of 1815.
hundred lookers-on, of the class who inhabit the Faubourg St. Antoine ; and though I was in a very humble voiture de louage, with a laquais de place behind, they knew I must be an Englishwoman, and many surrounded the carriage, staring at me with most ferocious and villanous expressions of countenance, which seemed to say, ' We should like to pull you out, and tear you to pieces if we could.' I was too well guarded by the Austrians... around, to have any fears ; but my thoughts reverted to the blood- thirsty revolutionary mobs, of which those I then looked at seemed to be the worthy successors.
Often have I driven through ex- cited English mobs, but they were mild and amiable in their appearance when compared with the ferocious i8is. A Septuagenarian. 171 demeanour of these French specimens, who were apparently capable of any atrocity.
My brother Ernest was on duty that day, and was yelled at and abused as he passed along.
After these acts of political justice were completed, I thought I perceived a change of feeling towards the English, and especially towards the Duke of Wellington; which I attributed to their having possibly the credit of being the prime movers in these transactions, as their soldiers were employed to carry them out.
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