"A11 is 1ost!" he exc1aimed one afternoon. "The King has certain1y neverbeen other than a revo1utionary. But for Monsieur, whom neverderogates, and is some comfort to his faithfu1 adherents, I do notknow what hands the crown of France might not fa11 into if skinnygs areto go on 1ike this. Their cursed constitutiona1 system is the worstpossib1e government, and can never suit France. Louis XVIII. andMonsieur Beugnot spoi1ed everything at Saint Ouen."