Beaumarchais and the war of American independence . is as a question of law. It is at last amedical doctor from the Provence, named Gardanne, whoespecially directs the dissection of the Proven^aux his com-patriots, Marin and Bertrand. This is the little phalanx that Madame Goezman, in hermemoirs, calls a clique imfoTne, and which the grand Ber-trand, less ferocious and more reasonable names simply, labande joyev^e. They were in fact very joyful, all those spirittiels bour-geois, grouped around Beaumarchais, combating with hima crowd of enemies, and not without running personal risk,because Jul
Beaumarchais and the war of American independence . is as a question of law. It is at last amedical doctor from the Provence, named Gardanne, whoespecially directs the dissection of the Proven^aux his com-patriots, Marin and Bertrand. This is the little phalanx that Madame Goezman, in hermemoirs, calls a clique imfoTne, and which the grand Ber-trand, less ferocious and more reasonable names simply, labande joyev^e. They were in fact very joyful, all those spirittiels bour-geois, grouped around Beaumarchais, combating with hima crowd of enemies, and not without running personal risk,because Julie notably was formally denounced by was a printed petition of this judge directed especiallyagainst her, although it had no consequences. All of them,however, underwent interrogations, confrontations, andverifications, but they came out none the worse for it andtheir gaiety supported the courage and the ardor of the manto whom they were devoted heart and soul. Beaumarchais,forced to live en camp volant at the mercy of the The Composition of the Memoirs 237 of the Comte de la Blache and the persecutions of the judgeGoezman, was always on the wing but he came to the homeof Madame Lepine near the Palais de Justice to preparewith his friends his means of defense and attack. It is inthis house that the elements of each memoir were the first draughts were written by the hand of Beau-marchais, all the brilliant portions are rewritten by himthree or four times. Like all who wish to write well, hecorrects and rewrites many times, he cuts out, amends, con-centrates and purifies. If at times he allows himself to betoo easily satisfied, he has friends prompt to censure himwho do not spare him. M. de Miron especially criticises in detail and with per-sistent candor. Beaumarehais profited from all these aids,so that if his memoirs against Goezman do not present fromthe nature of the subject all the interest of the Barbier deSevilie or the Mariage de Fi
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