Interview between MM. Berryer and de Bourmont--The messenger's guides--The movable column--M. Charles--Madame's hiding-place--Madame refuses to leave la Vendée--She rallies her followers to arms--Death of General Lamarque--The deputies of the Opposition meet together at Laffitte's house--They decide to publish a statement to the nation--MM. Odilon Barrot and de Cormenin are commissioned to draw up this report--One hundred and thirty-three deputies sign it CHAPTER V Last moments of General Lamarque--What his life had been-- One of my interviews with him--I am appointed one of the stewards of the funeral cortège--The procession--Symptoms of popular agitation--The marching past across the place Vendôme--The Duke Fitz-James--Conflicts provoked by the town police--The students of the École Polytechnique join the cortège--Arrival of the funeral procession at the pont d'Austerlitz--Speeches--First shots--The man with the red flag--Allocution of Étienne Arago 260 CHAPTER VI The artillerymen--Carrel and _le National_--Barricades of the boulevard Bourdon and in the rue de Ménilmontant-- The carriage of General La Fayette--A bad shot from my friends--Despair of Harel--The pistols in _Richard_--The women are against us--I distribute arms to the insurgents--Change of uniform--The meeting at Laffitte's--Progress of the insurrection--M. Thiers--Barricade Saint-Merry--Jeanne--Rossignol--Barricade of the passage du Saumon--Morning of 6 June CHAPTER VII Inside the barricade Saint-Merry, according to a Parisian child's account--General Tiburce Sébastiani--Louis-Philippe during the insurrection--M. Guizot--MM. François Arago, Laffitte and Odilon Barrot at the Tuileries--The last argument of Kings--Étienne Arago and Howelt--Denunciation against me--M. Binet's report 301 BOOK V CHAPTER I _Le Fils de l'Émigré_--I learn the news of my premature death--I am advised to take a voyage for prudence and health's sake--I choose Switzerland--Gosselin's literary opinion on that country--First effect of change of air--From Châlon to Lyons by a low train--The ascent of Cerdon--Arrival at Geneva CHAPTER II Great explanations about the bear-steak--Jacotot--An ill-sounding epithet--A seditious felt hat--The carabineers who were too clever--I quarrel with King Charles-Albert over the Dent du Chat--Princes and men of intellect 323 CHAPTER III 22 July 1832 CHAPTER IV Edict unbaptizing the King of Rome--Anecdotes of the childhood of the Duc de Reichstadt--Letter of Sir Hudson Lowe announcing the death of Napoleon CHAPTER V