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  1        I|           of God.~ ~But few of the men entered the church. They
  2        I|          consecrated to prayer the men employed in discussing the
  3        I|           from the little knots of men gathered here and there,
  4        I|                He is a hard case,” men said; “and if he had a grudge
  5        I|         murmured some of the older men; “a visit to Monsieur d’
  6       II|            the most unfortunate of men.~ ~But here was another
  7       II|         dire calamity, unfortunate men have suddenly lost their
  8        V|        back others who, like these men, think the world created
  9        V|           nothing to do with these men. I shall not even go to
 10       VI|           the most contemptible of men if I did not refuse the
 11       VI|          Fortunately, six or seven men fell upon me, and compelled
 12     VIII|    restrain a cry of rage.~ ~These men, these strangers, dared
 13     VIII|          another as he hated these men.~ ~At last, in despair,
 14     VIII|   certainly true,” said one of the men. “I heard it from Chanlouineau
 15       XI|          hatred of these two young men. Their attitude, the glance
 16       XI|            herself between the two men who were ready to kill each
 17       XI|          Marie-Anne and both young men turned with the same movement
 18      XII|          He turned, and seeing two men running after him and motioning
 19      XII|          were moving. A half dozen men were running to and fro,
 20     XIII|         thoroughly. You have heard men reproach me for what they
 21     XIII|            I do there? The role of men of action does not begin
 22      XIV|          you please!”~ ~“All these men are mad,” thought Martial,
 23      XIV|         remarked, “is one of those men who diffuse around them
 24       XV|          he was the most stupid of men—a former surgeon in the
 25       XV|   re-entered the room, and the two men said no more. A truly funereal
 26      XVI|            of tiny packages.~ ~Two men were engaged in arranging
 27      XVI|            heart he is the best of men.”~ ~“Have you seen him again?”~ ~“
 28      XVI|                Like all passionate men, M. Lacheneur overdid his
 29      XVI|          and the most miserable of men if I did not guard the recollection
 30      XVI| considerations that restrain other men. Fortune, friends, life,
 31    XVIII|       project. You are looking for men to aid you, are you not?
 32       XX|       turning a corner, he saw two men talking in a doorway, and
 33      XXI|           in the stirrup, when two men sprang from the neighboring
 34      XXI|           fury:~ ~“What do you two men want with me?”~ ~“We wish
 35      XXI|         lives of hundreds of brave men? I tell you that you will
 36      XXI|            o’clock fifteen hundred men will be gathered there awaiting
 37      XXI|           you have him leave these men, whom he has called from
 38      XXI|     persuade these poor, misguided men to return to their homes.
 39     XXII|        intentions of this crowd of men.~ ~But Marie-Anne’s name,
 40     XXII|  Montaignac by the other road, two men will accompany her as far
 41     XXII|          followers when he saw two men running toward him at full
 42     XXII|           Not a word.”~ ~“How many men are there at the rendezvous?”~ ~“
 43     XXII|          away. He had deceived the men. He had no other resources.
 44     XXII|           of the open space.~ ~Two men alighted; Baron d’Escorval
 45     XXII|       implore him to send some two men on in advance to reconnoitre;
 46     XXII|          the leader encourages his men, there are a few of Napoleon’
 47     XXII|       seizes the throng; and these men flee madly, despairingly,
 48    XXIII|           crowd of fifteen hundred men, only three had hit the
 49    XXIII|         head of about five hundred men, cavalry and infantry, he
 50    XXIII|          are at hand; two thousand men are following me!”~ ~He
 51    XXIII|         promised them two thousand men; had he promised them ten
 52    XXIII|          up.~ ~Of the five hundred men that composed it on its
 53    XXIII|           had deceived these brave men, for whose death he would
 54    XXIII|         the moans of a few wounded men, who called upon their comrades
 55     XXIV|          him superior to all other men—infallible, in short. The
 56     XXIV|         been told that hundreds of men had been killed, and that
 57     XXIV|          the hearts of these cruel men. They will throw you in
 58     XXIV|           of Sairmeuse.”~ ~“Honest men ought to be in bed at this
 59     XXIV|           servants?”~ ~“Seven—four men and three women.”~ ~“You
 60     XXIV|         you will take half a dozen men and search this house from
 61     XXIV|            said he. “You, with two men, will remain here, and render
 62     XXIV|             Hein!” said he, to his men, “you have heard that cadet.
 63     XXIV|          were degraded!”~ ~The two men responded by a sullen growl.~ ~“
 64     XXIV|         name and in that of my two men, that you are as free as
 65      XXV|            my wife in the sight of men, as you are in the sight
 66      XXV|            but these blood-thirsty men, who call themselves judges,
 67      XXV|       persons were standing there; men with anxious faces, women
 68      XXV|       relatives of the unfortunate men who had been arrested.~ ~
 69      XXV|      fifteen peasants wounded. Our men fired in the air. You forget
 70      XXV|         the most part, at least of men who formerly fought under
 71     XXVI|     exclaimed.~ ~As usual, the two men assented with an oath.~ ~
 72     XXVI|           Marie-Anne saw the three men preceding or following the
 73     XXVI|           commission were military men.~ ~“And when does the commission
 74    XXVII|          wall were perhaps a dozen men, pale and gloomy, a sullen
 75    XXVII|         retired on half pay. Three men, attired in black, were
 76    XXVII|           daughters of the accused men.~ ~Nine o’clock sounded.
 77    XXVII|  grenadiers entered; they were the men whom Chanlouineau had held
 78    XXVII|       beneath its dignity.~ ~These men arrayed in gorgeous uniforms
 79    XXVII|        hall.~ ~They were the three men that Maurice, on his entrance,
 80    XXVII|           one of these unfortunate men from the guillotine.~ ~“
 81    XXVII|            wretches, but misguided men, Monsieur. Moreover, you
 82    XXVII|         the God who will judge all men, Monsieur de Sairmeuse,
 83    XXVII|           I overheard one of these men say to another, speaking
 84     XXIX|           to death the unfortunate men who were only the tools
 85     XXIX|            Have we any intelligent men in the citadel?” he murmured. “
 86      XXX|    soldiers appeared.~ ~One of the men bore a torch, the other,
 87      XXX|         officers on guard.~ ~These men were evidently deeply moved,
 88      XXX|         imagine that there existed men sufficiently cruel to prevent
 89     XXXI|    disposal a lieutenant and eight men chosen from the Montaignac
 90     XXXI|       hills of Charves, he saw two men, who sprang up and fled
 91     XXXI|      called after them:~ ~“Eh! you men! do each of you desire a
 92     XXXI|        part in the revolt.~ ~These men had part of a loaf of bread
 93     XXXI|     themselves.~ ~Neither of these men would have consented to
 94     XXXI|               Your friends—the two men who supped there at that
 95     XXXI|            should be the basest of men if I consented to uselessly
 96    XXXII|          knew very well that these men could be no better informed
 97    XXXII|          in a prison, where twenty men condemned to death were
 98    XXXII|         passage to fourteen doomed men, each accompanied by a priest.~ ~
 99   XXXIII|          of about a dozen persons, men and women, who seemed to
100   XXXIII|        else, how little these poor men, whose lives they had tried,
101   XXXIII|         proven that two of the six men had taken no part whatever
102   XXXIII|          heard, and the six doomed men, two of whom were known
103    XXXIV|          to bring odium upon these men who had held absolute power,
104    XXXIV|           If you are the vilest of men, you can appoint a rendezvous,
105     XXXV|       sustaining the weight of ten men like the baron.~ ~As he
106     XXXV|     happened to induce intelligent men like the baron’s friends
107     XXXV|          dizzy.~ ~When he rose two men seized him roughly.~ ~“Ah,
108     XXXV|         hear was to believe.~ ~The men—they were, of course, the
109     XXXV|             sadly. “Misery renders men suspicious and unjust, and
110     XXXV|          more than a minute, these men, familiar with peril and
111     XXXV|          to their daily toil. Both men and women paused to look
112     XXXV|           to shelter these wounded men—I shelter them. In my opinion,
113     XXXV|         epochs in history that try men’s souls. There is no chance
114     XXXV|            Maurice saw these brave men, who had just saved his
115    XXXVI|    appearance. He was one of those men whose age it is impossible
116   XXXVII|           which is rarely found in men under twenty-five years
117  XXXVIII|         forbid you to follow those men.”~ ~The sergeant hesitated
118  XXXVIII|      orders.”~ ~And addressing his men:~ ~“Forward!” he exclaimed.
119     XLIV|           life of so many innocent men, and which had finally conducted
120     XLIV|       passion.~ ~How noble the two men who had loved her and whom
121    XLVII|      tumult. A dozen rough-looking men entered our room, and ordered
122    XLVII|         intercepted the infuriated men as they were about to leave
123    XLVII|         room.~ ~“Not a word, young men, not a threat!” he said,
124     XLIX|             Only a few, the oldest men and the politicians of the
125     XLIX|          and all night long twenty men, bearing torches, wandered
126     XLIX|         vicious beast,” said these men. “She was always taking
127     LIII|     conscience, he sent one of his men to prowl around Sairmeuse
128      LIV|           General Biography of the Men of the Century,” give the
129      LIV|         upon fanaticism which make men fools, heroes, and martyrs.~ ~
130      LIV|       closest attention.~ ~The two men who were sitting face to
131       LV|         Sairmeuse was one of those men who remain superior to all
132       LV|         himself outwitted by these men, who were inferior to him
133       LV|           by all means allow these men to do their duty.”~ ~But
134       LV|           exclaimed. “Are two such men as the duke and his accomplice
135       LV|    disguised as a clown, that many men would have sacrificed their