Thedistressofthepeople，thelaborerswithoutbread，thelastPrincedeCondeengulfedintheshadows，BrusselsexpellingtheNassausasParisdidtheBourbons，BelgiumofferingherselftoaFrenchPrinceandgivingherselftoanEnglishPrince，theRussianhatredofNicolas，behindusthedemonsoftheSouth，FerdinandinSpain，MiguelinPortugal，theearthquakinginItaly，MetternichextendinghishandoverBologna，FrancetreatingAustriasharplyatAncona，attheNorthnooneknewwhatsinistersoundofthehammernailingupPolandinhercoffin，irritatedglanceswatchingFrancenarrowlyalloverEurope，England，asuspectedally，readytogiveapushtothatwhichwastotteringandtohurlherselfonthatwhichshouldfall，thepeerageshelteringitselfbehindBeccariatorefusefourheadstothelaw，thefleurs—de—lyserasedfromtheKing’scarriage，thecrosstornfromNotreDame，Lafayettelessened，Laffitteruined，BenjaminConstantdeadinindigence，CasimirPerierdeadintheexhaustionofhispower；politicalandsocialmaladybreakingoutsimultaneouslyinthetwocapitalsofthekingdom，theoneinthecityofthought，theotherinthecityoftoil；atPariscivilwar，atLyonsservilewar；inthetwocities，thesameglareofthefurnace；acrater—likecrimsononthebrowofthepeople；
theSouthrenderedfanatic，theWesttroubled，theDuchessedeBerryinlaVendee，plots，conspiracies，risings，cholera，addedthesombreroaroftumultofeventstothesombreroarofideas。
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FACTSWHENCEHISTORYSPRINGSANDWHICHHISTORYIGNORES
TowardstheendofApril，everythinghadbecomeaggravated。