CHAPTER I

The scapegoat of power--Legitimist hopes--The expiatory mass--The Abbé Olivier--The Curé of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois--Pachel--Where I begin to be wrong--General Jacqueminot--Pillage of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois--The sham Jesuit and the Préfet of Police--The Abbé Paravey's room