CHAPTER III

Alexander de la Borde--Odilon Barrot--Colonel Dumoulin--Hippolyte Bonnelier--My study--A note in Oudard's handwriting--The Duc de Chartres is arrested at Montrouge--The danger he incurred and how he was saved--I propose to go to Soissons to fetch gunpowder--I procure my commission from General Gérard--La Fayette draws up a proclamation for me--The painter bard--M. Thiers to the fore once more