v. pp. 260, 263);
_Lettres de Madame Dunoyer_ (Letter xxvi); _Saint Simon, Memoires_,
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pp. 222, 228, 231; Appendix X, p. 545; _Memoires du duc de Luynes_,
vol. x. pp. 410, 412--Abbe Proyart, _Vie du duc de Bourgogne_ (ed.
1782), vol. i. pp. 978, 981.]

APPENDIX III

MARTIN DE GALLARDON

Ignace Thomas Martin was by calling a husbandman. A native of
Gallardon in Eure-et-Loir, he dwelt there with his wife and four
children in the beginning of the nineteenth century. Those who knew
him tell us that he was of average height, with brown straight hair, a
calm glance, a thin countenance and an air of quiet and assurance. A
pencil portrait, which his son, M. le Docteur Martin, has kindly sent
me, gives a more exact idea of the visionary. The portrait, which is
in profile, presents a forehead curiously high and straight, a long
narrow head, round eyes, broad nostrils, a compressed mouth, a
protruding chin, hollow cheeks and an air of austerity. He is dressed
as a _bourgeois_, with a collar and white cravat.

According to the evidence of his brother, a man both physically and
mentally sound, his was the gentlest of natures; he never sought to
attract attention; in his regular piety there was nothing ecstatic.
Both the mayor and the priest of Gallardon confirmed this description.
They agreed in representing him to have been a good simple creature,
with an intellect well-balanced although not very active.

In 1816 he was thirty-three. On January 15 in this year he was alone
in his field, over which he was spreading manure, when in his ear he
heard a voice which had not been preceded by footsteps. Then he
turned his head in the direction of the voice and saw a figure which
alarmed him. In comparison with human size it was but slight; its
countenance, which was very thin, dazzled by its unnatural whiteness.
It was wearing a high hat and a frock-coat of a light colour, with
laced shoes.

It said in a kindly tone: "You must go to the King; you must warn him
that his person is in danger, that wicked people are seeking to
overthrow his Government."

It added further recommendations to Louis XVIII touching the
necessity of having an efficient police, of keeping holy the Sabbath,
of ordering public prayers and of suppressing the disorders of the
Carnival. If such measures be neglected, it said, "France will fall
into yet greater misfortunes." All this wa