"I hope this will prove the last drop
that will make the glass run over,"
Anna Pavlovna continued.
"The sovereigns will not be able to
endure this man who is a menace to everything."
"The sovereigns? I do not speak of Russia,"
said the vicomte, polite but hopeless: "The sovereigns,
madame... What have they done for Louis XVII,
for the Queen, or for Madame Elizabeth? Nothing!"
and he became more animated. "And believe me,
they are reaping the reward of their betrayal
of the Bourbon cause. The sovereigns!
Why, they are sending ambassadors to compliment the usurper."
And sighing disdainfully, he again changed his position.