WethenspokeofthegreatbeautyandimportanceofDemocracy，andwereatmuchtroubleinimpressingtheCountwithaduesenseoftheadvantagesweenjoyedinlivingwheretherewassuffrageadlibitum，andnoking。
Helistenedwithmarkedinterest，andinfactseemednotalittleamused。
Whenwehaddone，hesaidthat，agreatwhileago，therehadoccurredsomethingofaverysimilarsort。ThirteenEgyptianprovincesdeterminedallatoncetobefree，andtosetamagnificentexampletotherestofmankind。Theyassembledtheirwisemen，andconcoctedthemostingeniousconstitutionitispossibletoconceive。Forawhiletheymanagedremarkablywell；onlytheirhabitofbraggingwasprodigious。Thethingended，however，intheconsolidationofthethirteenstates，withsomefifteenortwentyothers，inthemostodiousandinsupportabledespotismthatwaseverheardofuponthefaceoftheEarth。
Iaskedwhatwasthenameoftheusurpingtyrant。
AswellastheCountcouldrecollect，itwasMob。