{"product_id":"2940013358201","title":"Baron Trigault","description":"I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVengeance! that is the first, the only thought, when a man finds himself\u003cbr\u003evictimized, when his honor and fortune, his present and future,\u003cbr\u003eare wrecked by a vile conspiracy! The torment he endures under such\u003cbr\u003ecircumstances can only be alleviated by the prospect of inflicting them\u003cbr\u003ea hundredfold upon his persecutors. And nothing seems impossible at the\u003cbr\u003efirst moment, when hatred surges in the brain, and the foam of anger\u003cbr\u003erises to the lips; no obstacle seems insurmountable, or, rather,\u003cbr\u003enone are perceived. But later, when the faculties have regained their\u003cbr\u003eequilibrium, one can measure the distance which separates the dream from\u003cbr\u003ereality, the project from execution. And on setting to work, how many\u003cbr\u003ediscouragements arise! The fever of revolt passes by, and the victim\u003cbr\u003ewavers. He still breathes bitter vengeance, but he does not act. He\u003cbr\u003edespairs, and asks himself what would be the good of it? And in this way\u003cbr\u003ethe success of villainy is once more assured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimilar despondency attacked Pascal Ferailleur when he awoke for the\u003cbr\u003efirst time in the abode where he had hidden himself under the name of\u003cbr\u003eMaumejan. A frightful slander had crushed him to the earth--he could\u003cbr\u003ekill his slanderer, but afterward--? How was he to reach and stifle the\u003cbr\u003eslander itself? As well try to hold a handful of water; as well try to\u003cbr\u003estay with extended arms the progress of the poisonous breeze which wafts\u003cbr\u003ean epidemic on its wings. So the hope that had momentarily lightened\u003cbr\u003ehis heart faded away again. Since he had received that fatal letter from\u003cbr\u003eMadame Leon the evening before, he believed that Marguerite was lost to\u003cbr\u003ehim forever, and in this case, it was useless to struggle against fate.\u003cbr\u003eWhat would be the use of victory even if he conquered? Marguerite lost\u003cbr\u003eto him--what did the rest matter? Ah! if he had been alone in the world.\u003cbr\u003eBut he had his mother to think of;--he belonged to this brave-hearted\u003cbr\u003ewoman, who had saved him from suicide already. \"I will not yield, then;\u003cbr\u003eI will struggle on for her sake,\" he muttered, like a man who foresees\u003cbr\u003ethe futility of his efforts.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082567368944,"sku":"2940013358201","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013358201_p0.jpg?v=1763591427","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013358201","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}