CHAPTER XIII.
LOUIS BONAPARTE'S SIDE-FACE The minds of all these men, we repeat, were very differently affected.
The extreme Legitimist party, which represents the White of the flag, was not, it must be said, highly exasperated at the _coup d'etat_.

Upon many faces might be read the saying of M.de Falloux: "I am so satisfied that I have considerable difficulty in affecting to be only resigned." The ingenuous spirits cast down their eyes--that is becoming to purity; more daring spirits raised their heads.

They felt an impartial indignation which permitted a little admiration.

How cleverly these generals have been ensnared! The Country assassinated,--it is a horrible crime; but they were enraptured at the jugglery blended with the parricide.

One of the leaders said, with a sigh of envy and regret, "We do not possess a man of such talent." Another muttered, "It is Order." And he added, "Alas!" Another exclaimed, "It is a frightful crime, but well carried out." Some wavered, attracted on one side by the lawful power which rested in the Assembly, and on the other by the abomination which was in Bonaparte; honest souls poised between duty and infamy.