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Ask them."-- He ate little, drank like an ogre, and was talkative about his amours; getting carried away he got so close to being naughty that he upset my wife, without actually going to far.
Apropos of the Revolution, and the danger we incurred, he said innocently: "Don't I run as much risk as anybody? It is my opinion that, in three months, I shall have my head off! But we must all take our chance!"-- Now and then, he indulged in sans-culottisms.
He seized the servant's hand, who changed his plate: "Brother, I beg you to take my place, and let me wait on you in my turn "-- He drank the cordials, and finally left, pleased with his reception .-- Returning to the inn, he stays until nine o'clock at night and stuffs himself, but is not intoxicated.
One bottle had no effect on him; he could empty a cask and show no signs of it.] [Footnote 33110: Moniteur, XXII., 425.
(Session of Brumaire 13, year III.) Cambon, in relation to the revolutionary committees, says: "I would observe to the Assembly that they were never paid." A member replies: "They took their pay themselves." ("Yes, yes."-- Applause.)] [Footnote 33111: Moniteu, XXII., 711.
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