OUR COUNTRYMEN ABROAD
Sketch of a bench on the Boulevards, occupied by four English people who only know each other by sight.
First Citizen. "Say then! was it not a fine change to cry 'Vive l'Empereur' for nearly a whole week, instead of 'Vive la République'?"
Second Citizen. "Ah, my brave, it was truly magnificent! And so new! I'm horribly bored with always calling out 'Vive la République'!"
[They smoke and consider.