CHAPTER VI

The soirée on 31 May 1830 at the Palais-Royal--The King of Naples--A question of etiquette--How the King of France ought to be addressed--The real Charles X.--M. de Salvandy--The first flames of the volcano--The Duc de Chartres sends me to inquire into the commotion--Alphonse Signol--I tear him from the clutches of a soldier of the Garde royal--His irritation and threats--The volcano nothing but a fire of straw