The satisfaction of his self-love was delicious; he became intoxicated with this first enjoyment of popularity; to be at the head of others, to command, he who was so young, and but the day before had been a mere labourer, this filled him with pride, and enlarged his dream of an approaching revolution in which he was to play a part.
Ce furent des satisfactions d'amour-propre délicieuses, il se grisa de ces premieres jouissances de la popularité: etre a la tete des autres, commander, lui si jeune et qui la veille encore était un manoeuvre, l'emplissait d'orgueil, agrandissait son reve d'une révolution prochaine, ou il jouerait un rôle.