Then, with a gesture of displeasure, he said: "A Vignon ministry! The devil! that would hardly be any better.

Those young democrats pretend to be virtuous, and a Vignon ministry wouldn't admit Silviane to the Comedie." This, at first, was his only thought in presence of the crisis which made the political world tremble.

And so the deputy could not refrain from referring to his own anxiety.

"Well, and we others, what is our position in it all ?" This brought Duvillard back to the situation.

With a fresh gesture, this time a superbly proud one, he expressed his full and impudent confidence.
"We others, why we remain as we are; we've never been in peril, I imagine.