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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Dickens, Charles

Dickens, Charles
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Book The Second: Chapters 7 - 14

Chapter 7. Monseigneur In Town

The Monseigneur of the chapter's title is one of the great lords of the
court. This great lord takes his pleasure at the opera and at private suppers
at his estate where it takes four men, besides the cook, to present his
chocolate to him. To Monseigneur the world was made for his pleasures and
France exists to fill his pocket; there is no doubt in his mind that this will
be the order of things unendingly. In this unreal world exist military men
with no military knowledge; naval officers ...

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