When signing, the king had the dauphin on his right hand and M. de Polignac on his left; the other ministers completed the circle round the green table. Each one signed in turn. M. d'Haussez again raised his objections.
"Monsieur," Charles X. said to him, "do you refuse to co-operate with your colleagues?"
"Sire," responded M. d'Haussez, "may I be allowed to put a question to the king?"
"What is it, monsieur?"
"Does the king intend to proceed, supposing one or more of his ministers should resign?"
"Yes," Charles replied with decision.
"Then, in that case," said the Naval Minister, "I will sign." And he did so.
Five minutes later, they all stood up and, as Charles X. passed by M. d'Haussez, he noticed that the minister's attentive gaze was fixed on the walls, and he asked—
"What are you looking at so attentively, Monsieur d'Haussez?"