The Hundred Days.

           M.Noirtierwasatrueprophet,andthingsprogressedrapidly,ashehadpredicted.EveryoneknowsthehistoryofthefamousreturnfromElba,areturnwhichwasunprecedentedinthepast,andwillprobablyremainwithoutacounterpartinthefuture.

           LouisXVIII.madebutafaintattempttoparrythisunexpectedblow;themonarchyhehadscarcelyreconstructedtotteredonitsprecariousfoundation,andatasignfromtheemperortheincongruousstructureofancientprejudicesandnewideasfelltotheground.Villefort,therefore,gainednothingsavetheking’sgratitude(whichwasratherlikelytoinjurehimatthepresenttime)andthecrossoftheLegionofHonor,whichhehadtheprudencenottowear,althoughM.deBlacashaddulyforwardedthebrevet.

           Napoleonwould,doubtless,havedeprivedVillefortofhisofficehaditnotbeenforNoirtier,whowasallpowerfulatcourt,andthustheGirondinof‘93andtheSenatorof1806protectedhimwhosolatelyhadbeenhisprotector.AllVillefort’sinfluencebarelyenabledhimtostiflethesecretDanteshadsonearlydivulged.Theking’sprocureuralonewasdeprivedofhisoffice,beingsuspectedofroyalism.

           However,scarcelywastheimperialpowerestablishedthatis,scarcelyhadtheemperorre-enteredtheTuileriesandbeguntoissueordersfromtheclosetintowhichwehaveintroducedourreadershefoundonthetablethereLouisXVIII.

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