“Are you sure of this?” I asked.
“With my own eyes I saw the cross upon the door of Mme. de Liéven’s house,” he replied.
President Franck-Carré met M. Duchâtel this morning and said: “Well, how goes it?”
“All is well,” answered the Minister.
“What are you going to do about the riot?”
“I am going to let the rioters alone at the rendezvous they arranged for themselves. What can they do in the Place Louis XV. and the Champs-Elysées? It is raining. They will tramp about there all day. To-night they will be tired out and will go home to bed.”
M. Etienne Arago entered hastily at this juncture and said: “There are seven wounded and two killed already. Barricades have been erected in the Rue Beaubourg and in the Rue Saint Avoye.”
After a suspension of the session M. Guizot arrived. He ascended the tribune and announced that the King had summoned M. Mole, to charge him with the formation of a new Cabinet.
Triumphant shouts from the Opposition, shouts of rage from the majority.
The session ended amid an indescribable uproar.