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Intense excitement, which found vent in loud applause, greeted Déroulède's statement.
"Ça ira! ca ira! vas-y Déroulède! " came from the crowded benches round; and men, women, and children, wearied with the monotony of the past proceedings, settled themselves down for a quarter of an hour's keen enjoyment.