following is a ball conversation, which took place in the month of
Frimare, year 7.:--Well, the Ottoman Porte has declared war against
us! Oh yes, there is no doubt of it, (_En avant deux_) It is an enemy
the more--(_chassez_) and the Russian fleet they say has passed the
Dardanelles, (_en avant quatre_) yet the papers say that the emperor
sincerely desires peace.--Yes, but Count Metternich wishes for war,
(_balancez_) so we have also a new coalition against us. England,
Portugal, Naples, Turkey, the Emperor, Russia, perhaps the empire
of Prussia, (_Faites face et chassez tous les huit_)--well we have
bayonettes, (_la poussette_) besides it is not so far from Dover to
Calais, (_traversez_)--Do you belong to the conscription?--Yes, and I
too; (_pirouettez_) what makes me uneasy is to know what will become
of our partners when we are gone: (_La chaine des dames_)--what will
be left to amuse them (_La queu du chat_.) It was thus that days of
terror were preceded by evenings of amusement and pleasure.
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replied, "Most likely, madam, for I sometimes go there."
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