at the kings, so as to commit him as fully as we are to the Revolution; _or else_, we must upset the idol of the French people and their future emperor, and seat the true throne upon his ruins.

I am at the mercy of some event, some fortunate pistol-shot, some infernal machine which does its work.

Even I don't know the whole conspiracy; they don't tell me all; but they have asked me to call the Council of State at the critical moment and direct its action towards the restoration of the Bourbons." "Wait," said the notary.
"Impossible! I am compelled to make my decision at once." "Why ?" "Well, the Simeuse brothers are in the conspiracy; they are here in the neighborhood; I must either have them watched, let them compromise themselves, and so be rid of them, or else I must privately protect them.

I asked the prefect for underlings and he has sent me lynxes, who came through Troyes and have got the gendarmerie to support them." "Gondreville is your real object," said Grevin, "and this conspiracy your best chance of keeping it.

Fouche, Talleyrand, and those two fellows have nothing to do with that.