e measures at those
gatherings -- M. Hyrvoix and M. Boitelle -- The Empress did not
like the truth, the Emperor did -- Her anxiety to go to St.
Lazare 304

CHAPTER XVI.

The story of a celebrated sculptor and his model -- David
d'Angers at the funeral of Cortot, the sculptor -- How I became
acquainted with him -- The sculptor leaves the funeral procession
to speak to a woman -- He tells me the story -- David d'Angers'
sympathy with Greece in her struggle for independence -- When
Botzaris falls at Missolonghi, he makes up his mind to carve his
monument -- Wishes to do something original -- He finds his idea
in the cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise -- In search of a model --
Comes unexpectedly upon her in the Rue du Montparnasse, while in
company of Victor Hugo -- The model and her mother -- The bronze
Christ on the studio wall -- David gives it to his model -- The
latter dismissed -- A plot against the sculptor's life -- His
model saves him -- He tries to find her and fails -- Only meets
with her when walking behind the hearse of Cortot -- She appears
utterly destitute -- Loses sight of her again -- Meets her on the
outer boulevards with a nondescript of the worst character -- He
endeavours to rescue her, but fails -- Canler, of the Paris
police, reveals the tactics pursued with regard to "unfortunates"
-- David's exile and death -- The Botzaris Monument is brought
back to Paris to be restored -- The model at the door of the
exhibition -- Her death 323

CHAPTER XVII.

Queen Victoria in Paris -- The beginning of the era of
middle-class excursions -- English visitors before that -- The
British tourist of 1855 -- The real revenge of Waterloo -- The
Englishman's French and the Frenchman's English -- The opening of
the Exhibition -- The lord mayor and aldermen in Paris -- The
King of Portugal -- All these considered so much "small fry" --
Napoleon III. goes to Boulogne to welcome the Queen -- The royal
yacht is delayed -- The French hotel proprietor the greatest
artist in fleecing -- The Italian, the Swiss, the German, mere
bunglers in comparison -- Napoleon III. before the arrival of the
Queen -- Pondering the past -- Arrival of the Queen -- The Queen
lan