ABSTRACT
Mother, you don't understand: politics is a game. Monsieur Napoleon - that's his authentic name - Is poor and yet a prince. He loves his palaces. It's fitting he has horses and valets, and always is Providing for his bedroom, gambling, and his table. For only by maintaining all of this is he able To save 'the family, the church, society'. He wants to own Saint-Cloud so officials from the city Can smell the summer roses when they come to pay respect. This is the reason ageing mothers should expect To use their fingers prone to tremble in the cold To sew the shrouds of children who are seven years old.
