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cried Thuillier , `` that 's what we are hoping for ; and if the government would only do us the favor to seize us -- '' `` No , thank you , '' said Fleury , whom Thuillier had also brought home to dinner , `` I do n't want to enter upon those functions at first . '' `` Seized ! '' said Dutocq , `` oh , you wo n't be seized ; but I think the ministerial journals will fire a broadside at you . '' The next day Thuillier was at the office as early as eight o'clock , in order to be the first to receive that formidable salvo . After looking through every morning paper he was forced to admit that there was no more mention of the `` Echo de la Bievre '' than if it did n't exist . When la Peyrade arrived he found his unhappy friend in a state of consternation . `` Does that surprise you ? ''