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this time, grave events had succeeded one another in France, the true character of which was, perhaps, more readily discerned at the distance where M. Hyde de Neuville was living. There too, however, national pride threw a glamour over the faults, the outrages on public opinion, and rash acts of every kind, to which Napoleon gave himself up more and more. But there came one event, with regard to which it was impossible to be deceived; the terrible Russian campaign began to unmask the future, though in a manner still very obscure; it filled the exiles with grief and indignation,

There was one man among their acquaintance, in whom this grief for France was mingled with just anger. General Moreau fumed with impatience, as he recounted the faults and recklessness which had led to the catastrophe, and his hatred of the Emperor increased.