M. Joseph Mouradour Meroul had known in college. They were good friends. So when he meets him at a ball , they will attend again and Joseph is invited in the castle of Meroul . Joseph 's General Counsel is a Republican, free-thinker .
The royalists and Meroul are devout Catholics . Joseph came in Meroul with newspapers: Le Voltaire, the French Republic , Justice and Intransigeant . The Meroul read the Gauls and The Bugle . Cohabitation is difficult. The Meroul prefer finally leave him alone and go home a few days traveling.