CHAPTER VI

Suspension of l'_Avenir_--Its three principal editors present themselves at Rome--The Abbé de Lamennais as musician--The trouble it takes to obtain an audience of the Pope--The convent of Santo-Andrea della Valle--Interview of M. de Lamennais with Gregory XVI.--The statuette of Moses--The doctrines of l'_Avenir_ are condemned by the Council of Cardinals--Ruin of M. de Lamennais--The _Paroles d'un Croyant_