resentation
of "Le Siege de Calais," at the Comedie Francaise, at the moment when
Mlle. Vestris has pronounced these words:

Le Francais dans son prince aime a trouver un frere
Qui, ne fils de l'Etat, en devienne le pere.

"Long and universal plaudits greeted the actress who had turned in
the direction of the Dauphin." In another place these verses recur:

Quelle lecon pour vous, superbes potentats!
Veillez sur vos sujets dans le rang le plus bas,
Tel, loin de vos regards, dans la misere expire,
Qui quelque jour peut-etre, eut sauve votre empire.

"The Dauphin and the Dauphine in turn applauded the speech. This
demonstration of their sensibility was welcomed with new expressions of
affection and gratitude."]

[Footnote 2320: Madame de Genlis, "Souvenirs de Felicie," 76, 161.]

[Footnote 2321: M. de Montlosier; in the Constituent Assembly, is about
the only person familiar with feudal laws.]

[Footnote 2322: "A competent and impartial man who would estimate the
chances of the success of the Revolution would find that there are more
against it than against the five winning numbers in a lottery; but this
is possible, and unfortunately, this time, they all came out" (Duc de
Levis, "Souvenirs," 328.)]

[Footnote 2323: "Corinne," by Madame de Stael, the character of the
Comte d'Erfeuil.--Malonet, "Memoires," II. 297 (a memorable instance of
political stupidity).]

[Footnote 2324: Mme. Campan, II. 140, 313.--Duc de Choiseul,
"Memoires."]

[Footnote 2325: Journal of Dumont d'Urville, commander of the vessel
which transported Charles X. into exile in 1830.--See note 4 at the end
of the volume.]

[Footnote 2326: Dumouriez, "Memoires," III. chap. III. (July 21, 1789).]

[Footnote 2327: "All these fine ladies and gentlemen who knew so well
how to bow and courtesy and walk over a carpet, could not take three
steps on God's earth without getting dreadfully fatigued. They could not
even open or shut a door; they had not even strength enough to lift a
log to put it on the fire; they had to call a servant to draw up a chair
for them; they could not come in or go out by themselves. What could
they have done with their graces, without their valets to supply the
place of hands and feet?" (George Sand, V. 61.)]

[Footnote 2328: When Madame de F--had expressed a clever thing she felt
quite proud of it. M--remarked that on uttering something clever about
an emetic she was quite surprised