Gambetta: life and letters . htful. I must not forget to tell you thatGeneral Pescetto came to the station of Celle-Ligure inorder to shake iny hand, to chat for a few minutes, andto ask after my health. At Genoa I also met a young professor from Sestrinamed David Gambetta, a very affable and intelligentfellow, whose acquaintance I was delighted to make. Heis to go and see you at Nice. * Alfred Barbou, after describing the noble downfall of Gambetta,who voluntarily descended from his high position after scarcely threemonths office, wrote : He retired with dignity, resigned his positionwith all
Gambetta: life and letters . htful. I must not forget to tell you thatGeneral Pescetto came to the station of Celle-Ligure inorder to shake iny hand, to chat for a few minutes, andto ask after my health. At Genoa I also met a young professor from Sestrinamed David Gambetta, a very affable and intelligentfellow, whose acquaintance I was delighted to make. Heis to go and see you at Nice. * Alfred Barbou, after describing the noble downfall of Gambetta,who voluntarily descended from his high position after scarcely threemonths office, wrote : He retired with dignity, resigned his positionwith all the simpUcity with which he had accepted it, and went tolive at No. 57, rue Saint-Didier, close to Victor Hugos house. TheBonapartists, who had accused him of bathing in the Due de Mornyssilver bath while at the Palais Bourbon, now reproached him forhaving bought, with the proceeds of his thefts, a magnificent hdiel was a little two-storied house, for which be paid a rental ofabout three thousand francs (j£120).. Photo. Carjat GAMBETTA in 1882 THE REPUBLIC OF GAMBETTA 335 I can say nothing about politics just now; they aresuffering from an attack of putrid fever. I shall wait forit to pass. A bientdt! I embrace you all. LifioN Gambetta. La BipuhUque Framqwise,53, rue de la CliaussSe dAntin,Cabinet du directeur politique. Paris, Ma/rch 17,1882. My dbae Fathbb,—A sweet feeling of emotion stirsmy heart as each year goes by and brings me to the eveof another family fete, at which I always seem to bepresent in person, although my terrible anxieties haveoften prevented me from doing so. Yes, dear father, Iwish you from the bottom of my heart, with the sameeffusion and the same filial love as of yore, a happybirthday such as you used to enjoy when I was a have known bad years, and yet not one was so badthat it did not hold one happy day: the birthday of thebeloved father, who, stronger than all of us put together,will remain with us for many a long year to make
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