19/26 gave them nothing, so they cut off his head. It was you who helped to bring him to the scaffold, Talleyrand.' 'No, Sire, I was always a moderate.' 'At least, you did not regret his death.' 'The less so, since it has made room for you, Sire.' 'Nothing could have held me down, Talleyrand. I was born to reach the highest. It has always been the same with me. |