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  Andre: The medicine is going to smart.

Oscar: Aahh...

(Andre and Oscar look at each other meaningfully)

Oscar: Has Paris quieted down?

Andre: Uhuh, the quiet before the storm.

Oscar: It looks like the Parliament will refuse to acknowledge the debt -- 400 million, two hundred thousand rubles.

Andre: Their real intention is to weaken the power of the king, isn't it.

Oscar: We're getting nowhere.

Andre: I hear that in November the imperial family and officials will be gathered for an imperial council meeting with the king.

Oscar: An imperial council meeting? To foil the parliament? The Duke of Orleans will of course participate, won't he.

Andre: Uhuh. So it can't go well....