BOOK V

Stay in Brittany--In garrison at Dieppe--I return to Paris with Lucile and Julie--Delisle de Sales--Men of letters--Portraits--The Rosanbo family--M. de Malesherbes--His predilection for Lucile--Appearance and change of my sylph--Early political disturbances in Brittany--A glance at the history of the monarchy--Constitution of the States of Brittany--The holding of the States--The King's revenue in Brittany--Private revenue of the province--Hearth-money--I am present for the first time at a political meeting--A scene--My mother moves to Saint-Malo--I receive the tonsure--The country round Saint-Malo--The ghost--The sick man--The States of Brittany in 1789--Riots--Saint-Riveul, my schoolfellow, is killed--The year 1789--Journey from Brittany to Paris--Movement on the road--Appearance of Paris--Dismissal of M. Necker--Versailles--Delight of the Royal Family--General insurrection--Capture of the Bastille--Effect of the capture of the Bastille on the Court--The heads of Foullon and Bertier--Recall of M. Necker--Sitting of the 4th of August 1789--The day's work of the 5th of October--The King is taken to Paris--The Constituent Assembly--Mirabeau--Sittings of the National Assembly--Robespierre--Society-Aspect of Paris--What I did amidst all this turmoil--My solitary days--Mademoiselle Monet--I draw up with M. de Malesherbes the plan of my journey in America--Bonaparte and I both unknown subalterns--The Marquis de La Rouërie--I embark at Saint-Malo--Last thoughts on leaving my native land