[312] Ibid., VII. 73.

[313] Souvenirs, VI. 472.

[314] For those rumours with regard to Gambetta, see ante, 186.

[315] Souvenirs, VI. 471.

[316] Ibid., VII. 112.

[317] See Henri Galli, Gambetta et l’Alsace-Lorraine, 314.

[318] Souvenirs, VII. 121-7.

[319] See Mme. Adam’s story of the “Affaire de la Rue Roquépine,” Souvenirs, VII. 55-60.

[320] See ante, 186; also Souvenirs, VI. 80, and Le cœur de Gambetta, by Laur.