The last Punic war, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Just as the proprietors of the Grand Hotel were getting somewhat weary of their Oriental guests, and just as M. Saint - Hilaire was furthering “the mission of civilisation” by making Mustapha, the ex - barber’s apprentice, the colleague of half the sovereigns of Europe in the highest rank of the Legion of Honour, and was rewarding General Musalli for his complacency towards France and her Minister Resident by the cross of a Knight Commander, the Tunisian bubble burst in a moment, and Europe learned that French domination in Tunis meant the possession of the ground her soldiers stood on — and nothing more.