The Eternal Adam And Other Stories
“Their heads were in a ferment. They no longer knew or recognised themselves. The most peaceable citizens had become quarrelsome. If you looked at them askance, they would speedily send you a challenge. Some let their moustaches grow, and several – the most belligerent – curled them up at the ends.
This being their condition, the administration of the town and the maintenance of order in the streets became difficult tasks, for the government had not been organised for such a state of things. The burgomaster – that worthy Van Tricasse whom we have seen so placid, so dull, so incapable of coming to any decision – the burgomaster became intractable. His house resounded with the sharpness of his voice. He made twenty decisions a day, scolding his officials, and himself enforcing the regulations of his administration.
Ah, what a change! The amiable and tranquil mansion of the burgomaster, that good Flemish home – where was its former calm?
What changes had taken place in your household economy!
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