CHAPTER II

Letter of Charles X. to the Duc d'Orléans--A conjuring trick--Return of the Duc de Chartres to the Palais-Royal--Bourbons and Valois--Abdication of Charles X.--Preparations for the expedition of Rambouillet--An idea of Harel--The scene-shifters of the Odéon--Nineteen persons in one fiacre--Distribution of arms at the Palais-Royal--Colonel Jacqueminot