e soldiers all the provisions we had, some bread,
fruit and wine. The sun shone brightly and was succeeded by a bright
moon.

We arrived in Paris at 9.35 o'clock. An immense crowd awaited me. It was
an indescribable welcome. I spoke four times, once from the balcony of a
cafe and thrice from my carriage.

When I took leave of this ever-growing crowd, which escorted me to Paul
Meurice's, in the Avenue Frochot, I said to the people: "In one hour you
repay me for twenty years of exile."

They sang the "Marseillaise" and the "Chant du Depart."

They shouted: "Long live Victor Hugo!"

The journey from the Northern Railway station to the Rue Laval took two
hours.

We arrived at Meurice's, where I am to stay, at mid-night. I dined with
my travelling companions and Victor. I went to bed at 2 o'clock.

At daybreak I was awakened by a terrible storm. Thunder and lightning.

I shall take breakfast with Paul Meurice, and we shall dine together at
the Hotel Navarin, in the Rue Navarin, where my family is staying.

PARIS, September 6.--Innumerable visits, innumerable letters.

Rey came to ask me whether I would consent to join a triumvirate
composed as follows: Victor Hugo, Ledru-Rollin, and Schoelcher. I
refused. I said: "It is almost impossible to amalgamate me."

I recalled several things to his mind. He said: "Do you remember that
it was I who received you when you arrived at the Baudin barricade?" * I
replied: "I remember the fact so well that--. And I recited the lines at
the beginning of the piece (unpublished) upon the Baudin barricade:

_La barricade etait livide dans l'aurore,
Et comme j'arrivais elle fumait encore.
Rey me serra la main et dit: Baudin est mort..._

* Representative Baudin was killed on the barricade in the
Faubourg Saint Antoine on December 2, 1852, during Louis
Bonaparte's coup d'Etat.

He burst into tears.

September 7.--Louis Blanc, d'Alton-Shee, Banville and others came to see
me.

The women of the Markets brought me a bouquet.

September 8.--I am warned that it is proposed to assassinate me. I shrug
my shoulders.

This morning I wrote my "Letter to the Germans." It will be sent
tomorrow.

Visit from General Cluseret.

At 10 o'clock I went to the office of the Rappel to correct the proofs
of my "Letter to the Germans."

September 9.--Received a visit from General Montfort. The generals
are asking me for