Madame La République loquitur:—
Ouf! What a pull! Who said my muscularity
Was dwindling? It is truly Amazonian!
Ma foi! Phraseurs are not all blessed with clarity,
Even when their eloquence is Ciceronian.
How now, Millevoye? How now, mad Déroulède?
And what of the grim prophecies you made?
Both out of it—as prophets and as Strong-Men!
Discredited, disqualified, defeated!
The Ralliés too! Results prove them the wrong men.