crush the legions by the regiments. And then, what is an Archbishop in

the presence of the Man of the coup d'état? Where is the oath? Where

is the sworn faith? Where is the Respect for Right? A man does not turn

back when he has made three steps in such a crime. No! No! Do not hope.

This man will do all. He has struck the Law in the hand of the

Representatives. He will strike God in mine."

And he dismissed Madame Arnauld with the look of a man overwhelmed with

sorrow.

Let us do the duty of the Historian. Six weeks afterwards, in the Church

of Notre Dame, some one was singing the Te Deum in honor of the

treason of December--thus making God a partner in a crime.

This man was the Archbishop Sibour.

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