There is hardly a family in France to which the war has not brought the sorrow of bereavement. Mme. Adam’s family is no exception. Lieutenant Madier, her youngest granddaughter’s husband, fell in the Battle of the Marne. He alone of all the officers of his battalion remained alive, when he was seriously wounded in the knee. Refusing to allow his men to bear him to a place of safety, he endeavoured to rise. “I am the only one left,” he cried. “Forward!” Barely had he uttered the word when a shell shattered the dwelling-place of this brave spirit. Despite the unspeakable sufferings of France, despite her personal sorrows, she whom Gambetta used to call _Madame Intégrale_ has ever flouted the remotest suggestion of a premature peace. When some of the women of the allied countries consented to go to the Hague, there to confer with the women of Germany, Mme. Adam addressed to them in the columns of the _Figaro_ a stern rebuke, explaining at the same time how impossible it was for any Frenchwoman so much as to entertain the idea of taking part in such a conference. The heroic endurance, the unflinching faith of this stalwart woman animated the victors of the Marne, the defenders of Verdun. Now in this, the third year of the war, she is convinced that ultimate triumph cannot long be delayed. “1917,” exclaims _la grande Française_, “’71 reversed. That blessed date rings like the joy-bells of victory in my old veteran’s ears.” THE END FOOTNOTES: [388] _Souvenirs_, V. 159. [389] _Souvenirs_, V. 365. [390] _Ibid._, VII. 79. [391] _Salons et Journaux_ (1917). [392] _L’Entre-deux-Guerres_ (1915). [393] Vol. I. Le Roman de mon Enfance et de ma Jeunesse. ” II. _Mes Premières Armes Littéraires et Politiques._ ” III. _Mes Sentiments et nos Idées avant 1870._ ” IV. _Mes Illusions et nos Souffrances pendant le siège de Paris._ ” V. _Mes Angoisses et nos Luttes_, 1871-3. ” VI. _Nos Amitiés Politiques avant l’Abandon de la Revanche._ ” VII. _Après l’Abandon de la Revanche._ [394] _Souvenirs_, I. 150; II. 264. [395] _Ibid._, V. 334. [396] _L’Heure Vengeresse des Crimes Bismarckiens._ [397] _Op. cit._, 237. [398] See his _Étang de Berre_ (1915), _passim_. [399] See his article “Crise de Metier,” _Echo de Paris_, 17 Dec. 1916. [400] _Cambridge Modern History_, XII. 313. [401] _Idées Anti-Prudhoniennes_, 1858, see _ante_, 51-61. [402] That she must be one of the two Proudhon had contended in _La Justice_. INDEX Abbaye-aux-Bois, 63 Abdul-Hakk, 217 About, Edmond, 56, 167, 220 Achates, 199 Adam, Edmond, 98, 99, 103, 104-119, 123, 127, 128, 130, 133-136, 141-143 Prefect of Police, 145-152, 159, 162-166, 172-179, 184, 192, 197, 214, 216 Death of, 183, 199, 206, 207, 213, 231