CHAPTER V

The founding of l'_Avenir_--L'Abbé Lacordaire--M. Charles de Montalembert--His article on the sacking of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois--l'_Avenir_ and the new literature--My first interview with M. de Lamennais--Lawsuit against l'_Avenir_--MM. de Montalembert and Lacordaire as schoolmasters--Their trial in the _Cour des pairs_--The capture of Warsaw--Answer of four poets to a word spoken by a statesman