Father Gerbaut conducted us as far as the top of the Hill des Réligieuses, and there renewed the offers that he had previously made to me.
I reached Father Descharmes’ cottage, and, for the first time, found it lonely, and my room wretched.
On the morrow, I re-commenced my usual routine of life; and though I had the same wish to make progress in my studies, still there was a dreary blank in my heart, which they could not fill.
CHAPTER XI.
WHAT “BROTHERHOOD” MEANT.
I have told you all that took place up to this time.
My life continued the same as ever, with the exception of a dreary feeling about the heart.
The events that took place in Paris had no direct effect upon me. I heard them as one might hear the echo of a distant thunder-clap.
In this way we heard of the abolition of titles, on the 1st of August; of the suppression of tithes; of the recognition of religious liberty; of the orgie of the gardes du corps; of the insult offered to the national cockade; of the days of the 5th and 6th of October; of the return of the King and Queen to Paris; of the plots and intrigues of the Court; of the prosecution of Bezenval and Favras; and of the publication of the Red Book by the assembly.
The Red Book revealed all.