"Has he adherents among the nobility?"
"His following is from all classes. The grandfathers of the present nobility well knew that Jean de Bourbon's grandfather was the rightful King of France."
"What of men of letters?"
"Many eloquent pens are consecrated to his cause. Eloquence, however, is no requisite in the presentations of his claim. The Naundorffists demand only to tell the plain truth."
"What is the official organ of the party?"
"La Légitimité, edited in Bordeaux, now in its twenty-third year."
"I have never seen a copy."
"C'est bien facile, Madame. You tell me you are leaving for New York. The Salmagundi Club contains on file numbers of interesting books and magazines having reference to Louis XVII. But, if you have the time today, I will gladly accompany you to the official headquarters of the party, namely, the office of Monsieur Daragon, the accomplished editor of Le Revue Historique de la Question Louis XVII."
Monsieur Daragon is a true Frenchman, amiable, courteous, charming. His office is the rendezvous of notable personages pertaining to the cause and his bookshelves are laden with volumes of Louis XVII literature. I purchased the scholarly memoirs of Otto Freidrichs entitled "Correspondance de Louis XVII" and Osmond's "Fleur de Lys," a most interesting and convincing work.