The notary's nose;

10 THE NOTARY'S NOSE.
senators most devoted to the temporal
power of the Pope. There was even no
lack of prelates. There you could see
married ministers, and even the most completely married of all our ministers. When
I say you could see them there, it is not
because I have seen them myself. You will
understand very well that poor devils of
journalists could not get in there as if it
were a mill. A cabinet minister holds
the keys of that garden of the Hesperides
in his own hands. No one can get in
without his Excellency's permission. You
should bear in mind, too, the rivalries, jealousies, and intrigues. How many cabinets have been overthrown on the most
diverse pretexts, but at bottom because all
the statesmen wanted to reign supreme
in the ballet green-room. Don't think for
a moment that such personages were
drawn there by appetite for interdicted
pleasures. They were burning with desire