Monday 28 February 2011

...of a king

In this manner the king learned what was in store for France, what plans were being made. He sat silently and listened while Socialists proved that Communists must be outlawed, while Centrists showed beyond doubt that only if the financial backbone of France was bolstered and defended could prosperity trickle down to the lower orders. Religionists and anti-Religionists each made their irrefutable points.
The king listened silently. And he emerged depressed.
Pippin's mind often sought shelter in the memory of his little balcony in the Avenue de Marigny. He could see and feel the dark and silent sky and the slow-flailing nebulae.

[The Short Reign of Pippin IV, Steinbeck, J.]

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