雨果 悲惨世界 英文版1-第31章

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。They　were　blackened　here　and　there　with　the　scorches　of　the　bivouac　of　Austrians　encamped　near　Gros…Caillou。　Two　or　three　of　these　columns　had　disappeared　in　these　bivouac　fires；　and　had　warmed　the　large　hands　of　the　Imperial　troops。
　　The　Field　of　May　had　this　remarkable　point：
　　that　it　had　been　held　in　the　month　of　June　and　in　the　Field　of　March　（Mars）。　In　this　year；　1817；　two　things　were　popular：
　　the　Voltaire…Touquet　and　the　snuff…box　a　la　Charter。The　most　recent　Parisian　sensation　was　the　crime　of　Dautun；　who　had　thrown　his　brother's　head　into　the　fountain　of　the　Flower…Market。
　　They　had　begun　to　feel　anxious　at　the　Naval　Department；　on　account　of　the　lack　of　news　from　that　fatal　frigate；　The　Medusa；　which　was　destined　to　cover　Chaumareix　with　infamy　and　Gericault　with　glorylonel　Selves　was　going　to　Egypt　to　bee　Soliman…Pasha。　The　palace　of　Thermes；　in　the　Rue　de　La　Harpe；　served　as　a　shop　for　a　cooper。On　the　platform　of　the　octagonal　tower　of　the　Hotel　de　Cluny；　the　little　shed　of　boards；　which　had　served　as　an　observatory　to　Messier；　the　naval　astronomer　under　Louis　XVI。；　was　still　to　be　seen。The　Duchesse　de　Duras　read　to　three　or　four　friends　her　unpublished　Ourika；　in　her　boudoir　furnished　by　X。　in　sky…blue　satin。
　　The　N's　were　scratched　off　the　Louvre。
　　The　bridge　of　Austerlitz　had　abdicated；　and　was　entitled　the　bridge　of　the　King's　Garden　＇du　Jardin　du　Roi＇；　a　double　enigma；　which　disguised　the　bridge　of　Austerlitz　and　the　Jardin　des　Plantes　at　one　stroke。
　　Louis　XVIII。；　much　preoccupied　while　annotating　Horace　with　the　corner　of　his　finger…nail；　heroes　who　have　bee　emperors；　and　makers　of　wooden　shoes　who　have　bee　dauphins；　had　two　anxieties；Napoleon　and　Mathurin　Bruneau。The　French　Academy　had　given　for　its　prize　subject；　The　Happiness　procured　through　Study。
　　M。　Bellart　was　officially　eloquent。In　his　shadow　could　be　seen　germinating　that　future　advocate…general　of　Broe；　dedicated　to　the　sarcasms　of　Paul…Louis　Courier。There　was　a　false　Chateaubriand；　named　Marchangy；　in　the　interim；　until　there　should　be　a　false　Marchangy；　named　d'Arlincourt。　Claire　d'Albe　and　Malek…Adel　were　masterpieces；　Madame　Cottin　was　proclaimed　the　chief　writer　of　the　epoch。
　　The　Institute　had　the　academician；　Napoleon　Bonaparte；　stricken　from　its　list　of　members。
　　A　royal　ordinance　erected　Angouleme　into　a　naval　school；　for　the　Duc　d'Angouleme；　being　lord　high　admiral；　it　was　evident　that　the　city　of　Angouleme　had　all　the　qualities　of　a　seaport；　otherwise　the　monarchical　principle　would　have　received　a　wound。In　the　Council　of　Ministers　the　question　was　agitated　whether　vignettes　representing　slack…rope　performances；　which　adorned　Franconi's　advertising　posters；　and　which　attracted　throngs　of　street　urchins；　should　be　tolerated。
　　M。　Paer；　the　author　of　Agnese；　a　good　sort　of　fellow；　with　a　square　face　and　a　wart　on　his　cheek；　directed　the　little　private　concerts　of　the　Marquise　de　Sasenaye　in　the　Rue　Ville　l'Eveque。　All　the　young　girls　were　singing　the　Hermit　of　Saint…Avelle；　with　words　by　Edmond　Geraud。
　　The　Yellow　Dwarf　was　transferred　into　Mirror。
　　The　Cafe　Lemblin　stood　up　for　the　Emperor；　against　the　Cafe　Valois；　which　upheld　the　Bourbons。The　Duc　de　Berri；　already　surveyed　from　the　shadow　by　Louvel；　had　just　been　married　to　a　princess　of　Sicily。
　　Madame　de　Stael　had　died　a　year　previously。
　　The　body…guard　hissed　Mademoiselle　Mars。The　grand　newspapers　were　all　very　small。
　　Their　form　was　restricted；　but　their　liberty　was　great。
　　The　Constitutionnel　was　constitutional。La　Minerve　called　Chateaubriand　Chateaubriant。
　　That　t　made　the　good　middle…class　people　laugh　heartily　at　the　expense　of　the　great　writer。In　journals　which　sold　themselves；　prostituted　journalists；　insulted　the　exiles　of　1815。
　　David　had　no　longer　any　talent；　Arnault　had　no　longer　any　wit；　Carnot　was　no　longer　honest；　Soult　had　won　no　battles；　it　is　true　that　Napoleon　had　no　longer　any　genius。No　one　is　ignorant　of　the　fact　that　letters　sent　to　an　exile　by　post　very　rarely　reached　him；　as　the　police　made　it　their　religious　duty　to　intercept　them。
　　This　is　no　new　fact；　Descartes　plained　of　it　in　his　exile。
　　Now　David；　having；　in　a　Belgian　publication；　shown　some　displeasure　at　not　receiving　letters　which　had　been　written　to　him；　it　struck　the　royalist　journals　as　amusing；　and　they　derided　the　prescribed　man　well　on　this　occasion。What　separated　two　men　more　than　an　abyss　was　to　say；　the　regicides；　or　to　say　the　voters；　to　say　the　enemies；　or　to　say　the　allies；　to　say　Napoleon；　or　to　say　Buonaparte。
　　All　sensible　people　were　agreed　that　the　era　of　revolution　had　been　closed　forever　by　King　Louis　XVIII。；　surnamed　〃The　Immortal　Author　of　the　Charter。〃On　the　platform　of　the　Pont…Neuf；　the　word　Redivivus　was　carved　on　the　pedestal　that　awaited　the　statue　of　Henry　IV。
　　M。　Piet；　in　the　Rue　Therese；　No。　4；　was　making　the　rough　draft　of　his　privy　assembly　to　consolidate　the　monarchy。
　　The　leaders　of　the　Right　said　at　grave　conjunctures；　〃We　must　write　to　Bacot。〃
　　MM。
　　Canuel；　O'Mahoney；　and　De　Chappedelaine　were　preparing　the　sketch；　to　some　extent　with　Monsieur's　approval；　of　what　was　to　bee　later　on　〃The　Conspiracy　of　the　Bord　de　l'Eau〃of　the　waterside。L'Epingle　Noire　was　already　plotting　in　his　own　quarter。Delaverderie　was　conferring　with　Trogoff。
　　M。　Decazes；　who　was　liberal　to　a　degree；　reigned。
　　Chateaubriand　stood　every　morning　at　his　window　at　No。　27　Rue　Saint…Dominique；　clad　in　footed　trousers；　and　slippers；　with　a　madras　kerchief　knotted　over　his　gray　hair；　with　his　eyes　fixed　on　a　mirror；　a　plete　set　of　dentist's　instruments　spread　out　before　him；　cleaning　his　teeth；　which　were　charming；　while　he　dictated　The　Monarchy　according　to　the　Charter　to　M。　Pilorge；　his　secretary。
　　Criticism；　assuming　an　authoritative　tone；　preferred　Lafon　to　Talma。
　　M。　de　Feletez　signed　himself　A。；　M。　Hoffmann　signed　himself　Z。　Charles　Nodier　wrote　Therese　Aubert。Divorce　was　abolished。
　　Lyceums　called　themselves　colleges。The　collegians；　decorated　on　the　collar　with　a　golden　fleur…de…lys；　fought　each　other　apropos　of　the　King　of　Rome。
　　The　counter…police　of　the　chateau　had　denounced　to　her　Royal　Highness　Madame；　the　portrait；　everywhere　exhibited；　of　M。　the　Duc　d'Orleans；　who　made　a　better　appearance　in　his　uniform　of　a　colonel…general　of　hussars　than　M。　the　Duc　de　Berri；　in　his　uniform　of　colonel…general　of　dragoons　a　serious　inconvenience。
　　The　city　of　Paris　was　having　the　dome　of　the　Invalides　regilded　at　its　own　expense。
　　Serious　men　asked　themselves　what　M。　de　Trinquelague　would　do　on　such　or　such　an　occasion；　M。　Clausel　de　Montals　differed　on　divers　points　from　M。　Clausel　de　Coussergues；　M。　de　Salaberry　was　not　satisfied。
　　The　edian　Picard；　who　belonged　to　the　Academy；　which　the　edian　Moliere　had　not　been　able　to　do；　had　The　Two　Philiberts　played　at　the　Odeon；　upon　whose　pediment　the　removal　of　the　letters　still　allowed　THEATRE　OF　THE　EMPRESS　to　be　plainly　read。
　　People　took　part　for　or　against　Cugnet　de　Montarlot。
　　Fabvier　was　factious；　Bavoux　was　revolutionary。The　Liberal；　Pelicier；　published　an　edition　of　Voltaire；　with　the　following　title：
　　Works　of　Voltaire；　of　the　French　Academy。〃That　will　attract　purchasers；〃　said　the　ingenious　editor。
　　The　general　opinion　was　that　M。　Charles　Loyson　would　be　the　genius　of　the　century；　envy　was　beginning　to　gnaw　at　hima　sign　of　glory；　and　this　verse　was　posed　on　him：
　　　〃Even　when　Loyson　steals；　one　feels　that　he　has　paws。〃
　　As　Cardinal　Fesch　refused　to　resign；　M。　de　Pins；　Archbishop　of　Amasie；　administered　the　diocese　of　Lyons。
　　The　quarrel　over　the　valley　of　Dappes　was　begun　between　Switzerland　and　France　by　a　memoir　from　Captain；　afterwards　General　Dufour。
　　Saint…Simon；　ignored；　was　erecting　his　sublime　dream。
　　There　was　a　celebrated　Fourier　at　the　Academy　of　Science；　whom　posterity　has　forgotten；　and　in　some　garret　an　obscure　Fourier；　whom　the　future　will　recall。Lord　Byron　was　beginning　to　make　his　mark；　a　note　to　a　poem　by　Millevoye　introduced　him　to　France　in　these　terms：
　　a　certain　Lord　Baron。
　　David　d'Angers　was　trying　to　work　in　marble。
　　The　Abbe　Caron　was　speaking；　in　terms　of　praise；　to　a　private　gathering　of　seminarists　in　the　blind　alley　of　Feuillantines；　of　an　unknown　priest；　named　Felicite…Robert；　who；　at　a　latter　date；　became　Lamennais。A　thing　which　smoked　and　clattered　on　the　Seine　with　the　noise　of　a　swimming　dog　went　and　came　beneath　the　windows　of　the　Tuileries；　from　the　Pont　Royal　to　the　Pont　Louis　XV。；　it　was　a　piece　of　mechanism　which　was　not　good　for　much；　a　sort　of　plaything；　the　idle　dream　of　a　dream…ridden　inventor；　an　utopiaa　steamboat。
　　The　Parisians　stared　indifferently　at　this　useless　thing。
　　M。　de　Vaublanc；　the　reformer　of　the　Institute　by　a　coup　d'etat；　the　distinguished　author　of　numerous　academicians；　ordinances；　and　batches　of　members；　after　having　created　them；　could　not　succeed　in　being　one　himself。The　Faubourg　Saint…Germain　and　the　pavilion　de　Marsan　wished　to　have　M。　Delaveau　for　prefect　of　police；　on　account　of　his　piety。Dupuytren　and　Recamier　entered　into　a　quarrel　in　the　amphitheatre　of　the　School　of　Medicine；　and　threatened　each　ot