He appears to be weighed down with sorrow and bewilderment, When his Republic fell, with six years of his second term still to go, he "did not know when he was beaten," and remained at Vichy until it was strongly hinted that he was no longer wanted last July, He refused the Government's offer of the château at Vezilles for his retirement, but fell in love with its spacious grounds, and when he came to Vezilles to live he obtained special {permission to use the grounds, There he actually spends the greater part of his free time, He is still in many ways "the man who does not know when he is beaten." He is still firmly convinced—and he makes no secret of it—that the Government should have gone to North Africa.
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