And they had been but the first warning impacts of universal cataclysm.

The local rising, however, was hardly noticed in the universal cataclysm which followed the French Revolution.

For an infinite number of miles in every direction the universal cataclysm was gathering to a stupefying climax.

That fact was established beyond peradventure with the building of the bay, and nothing short of universal cataclysm can affect it.