"Mr. President! Your Majesty! Save your rhetoric! Everything you've done is merely to extend the time of your power! In two years, you'll be stepping down!"
Victor Hugo didn't leave Jerome Bonaparte any room for dignity, speaking in a calm tone.
Jerome Bonaparte showed no sign of anger either; to him, this was the most genuine Victor Hugo.
After undergoing three transformations—from extreme Royalist, to Orléans, to Conservative Republican—before becoming a socialist, Victor Hugo's political tactics might still be somewhat immature, but his ideological awareness had long surpassed certain individuals who claimed to be Republicans but connived with the Royalist Party (specifically Thiers).
If someone like this could suddenly change his mind, Jerome Bonaparte wouldn't be Jerome Bonaparte; he might as well be called Yuri.
On the other hand, it was precisely Hugo's change in thought that made him stand out in this era.
