CHAPTER VII FROM THE MEUSE TO THE MARNE 163 CHAPTER VIII BISMARCK AND FAVRE AT HAUTE-MAISON--A FORTNIGHT IN ROTHSCHILD’S CHÂTEAU 191 CHAPTER IX THE JOURNEY TO VERSAILLES--MADAME JESSE’S HOUSE, AND OUR LIFE THERE 227 CHAPTER X AUTUMN DAYS AT VERSAILLES 235 CHAPTER XI THIERS AND THE FIRST NEGOTIATIONS FOR AN ARMISTICE AT VERSAILLES 274 CHAPTER XII GROWING DESIRE FOR A DECISION IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS 310 CHAPTER XIII REMOVAL OF THE ANXIETY RESPECTING THE BAVARIAN TREATY IN THE REICHSTAG--THE BOMBARDMENT FURTHER POSTPONED 330 CHAPTER XIV THE PROSPECTS OUTSIDE PARIS IMPROVE 373 CHAPTER XV CHAUDORDY AND THE TRUTH--OFFICERS OF BAD FAITH--FRENCH GARBLING--THE CROWN PRINCE DINES WITH THE CHIEF 392 CHAPTER XVI FIRST WEEK OF THE BOMBARDMENT 427 CHAPTER XVII LAST WEEKS BEFORE THE CAPITULATION OF PARIS 460 CHAPTER XVIII DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS RESPECTING THE CAPITULATION OF PARIS 492 CHAPTER XIX FROM GAMBETTA’S RESIGNATION TO THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRELIMINARIES OF PEACE 553 BISMARCK SOME SECRET PAGES OF HIS HISTORY CHAPTER I MY APPOINTMENT AS AN OFFICIAL IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE, AND MY FIRST AUDIENCE WITH BISMARCK--WORK AND OBSERVATIONS UP TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR WITH FRANCE