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`` No , '' replied the candidate . `` To desire the legitimate and regular development of our institutions , is that being a democrat ? To me , progress is fraternity re-established between the members of the great French family . We can not conceal from ourselves that many sufferings -- '' At three o'clock Simon Giguet was still explaining Progress , accompanied by the rhythmic snores of various electors which denoted a sound sleep . The malicious Achille Pigoult had urged all present to listen religiously to the young orator , who was now floundering in his phrases and paraphrases hopelessly at random . At this moment several groups of bourgeois , electors and non-electors , were standing before the Chateau d'Arcis , the iron gates of which open on the square near to the door of Madame Marion 's house . This square is a piece of open ground from which issue several roads and several streets .