CHAPTER VIII

Segovia--M. de Tilly--The Alcazar--The doubloons--The castle of M. de la Calprenède and that of a Spanish grandee--The _bourdaloue_--Otero--The Dutchmen again--The Guadarrama--Arrival at Madrid--The palace of Masserano--The comet--The College--Don Manoël and Don Bazilio--Tacitus and Plautus--Lillo--The winter of 1812 to 1813--The Empecinado--The glass of _eau sucrée_--The army of merinoes--Return to Paris.