“I am sending telegrams to the departments.”
“Is this very urgent?”
“France must be informed of events.”
“Yes, but meanwhile Paris is making events. Alas! has it finished making them? The Regency is all very well, but it has got to be sanctioned.”
“Yes, by the Chamber. The Duchess d’Orleans ought to take the Count de Paris to the Chamber.”
“No, since the Chamber has been dissolved. If the Duchess ought to go anywhere, it is to the Hotel de Ville.”
“How can you think of such a thing! What about the danger?”
“There is no danger. A mother, a child! I will answer for the people. They will respect the woman in the princess.
“Well, then, go to the Tuileries, see the Duchess d’Orleans, advise her, enlighten her.”
“Why do you not go yourself?”