Then you will be able to judge your panic terror, and the cowardly counsels of those barbarous Ostrogoths and stupid Vandals who helped you in the havoc you have made."[153] Yet he remained undaunted to the very last.

His first movement to throw up the work, and denounce Le Breton's outrage to the subscribers and the world, was controlled.

His labour had lost its charm.

The monument was disfigured and defaced.

He never forgot the horrible chagrin, and he never forgave the ignoble author of it.