There are considerable estates in England; Amersham Place itself is very fine; and he has much money, wisely invested.

He lives, indeed, like a prince.

And of what use is it to him?
He has lost all that was worth living for--his family, his country; he has seen his king and queen murdered; he has seen all these miseries and infamies,' pursued the lawyer, with a rising inflection and a heightening colour; and then broke suddenly off,--'In short, sir, he has seen all the advantages of that government for which his nephew carries arms, and he has the misfortune not to like them.' 'You speak with a bitterness that I suppose I must excuse,' said I; 'yet which of us has the more reason to be bitter?
This man, my uncle, M.de Keroual, fled.

My parents, who were less wise perhaps, remained.

In the beginning, they were even republicans; to the end they could not be persuaded to despair of the people.