The intendant scoffs. "You do not sound as if you believe that. I think the Revolution has indeed changed your manner of thinking, despite what you may claim." He sighs. "But I'm no different. Things are changing today, from the bedrock on up, from the smallest exchange between friends to the very arrangement of society. This thing will play out now, like a wild river that's broken its banks, and what woman or man or beast can oppose that violent energy and hope to prevail? No, it will engulf all who try, until it has run its full course."
What, indeed…