CHAPTER XXIV.
Familiarity of French Servants—Power of the People—Misguided
Men—Further Rumours—Who are the People?—An Intruder—A Revolutionary
Hero—The Tuileries and the Louvre taken—Sir Thomas Lawrence's
Portrait of the Dauphin—The Terrible and the Comic—Trophies of
Victory—The Palace of the Archbishop of Paris sacked—Concessions of
Charles the Tenth—The Duchesse de Berri—Lord Stuart de
Rothesay—Noble Conduct—The Duchesse de Guiche—Her trying
Situation—The Provisional Government—The Tri-coloured Flag—Meeting
of the Deputies—Bitter Feeling towards the Royal Family Bravery of the
Populace—Lafayette and his followers—Scene in the Street—"The Good
Cause"—The wealthy M. Laffitte—Valuable Collections at
Paris—Courageous Conduct of the Duchesse de Guiche—Her
Champions—Attack on the Hôtel of the Duc de Guiche—Comte Alfred
d'Orsay—Painful Position, 272.