LETTER VII. Alarm created by the Trial of the Lyons Prisoners.--Visits from a Republican and from a Doctrinaire: reassured by the promises of safety and protection received from the latter. 41 LETTER VIII. Eloquence of the Pulpit.--L'Abbé Coeur.--Sermon at St. Roch.--Elegant Congregation.--Costume of the younger Clergy. 50 LETTER IX. Literature of the Revolutionary School.--Its low estimation in France. 59 LETTER X. Lonchamps.--The "Three Hours' Agony" at St. Roch.--Sermons on the Gospel of Good-Friday.--Prospects of the Catholics. --O'Connell. 66 LETTER XI. Trial Chamber at the Luxembourg.--Institute.--M. Mignet. --Concert Musard. 76 LETTER XII. Easter-Sunday at Notre Dame.--Archbishop.--View of Paris.--Victor Hugo.--Hôtel Dieu.--Mr. Jefferson. 83 LETTER XIII. "Le Monomane". 91 LETTER XIV. The Gardens of the Tuileries.--Legitimatist.--Republican. --Doctrinaire.--Children.--Dress of the Ladies.--Of the Gentlemen.--Black Hair.--Unrestricted Admission.--Anecdote. 101 LETTER XV. Street Police.--Cleaning Beds.--Tinning Kettles.--Building Houses.--Loading Carts.--Preparing for the Scavenger.--Want of Drains.--Bad Pavement.--Darkness. 112 LETTER XVI. Preparations for the Fête du Roi.--Arrival of Troops.--Champs Elysées.--Concert in the Garden of the Tuileries.--Silence of the People.--Fireworks. 120 LETTER XVII. Political chances.--Visit from a Republican.--His high spirits at the prospects before him.--His advice to me respecting my name.--Removal of the Prisoners from Ste. Pélagie.--Review.--Garde de Paris.--The National Guard. 130 LETTER XVIII. First Day of the Trials.--Much blustering, but no riot.--All alarm subsided.--Proposal for inviting Lord B----m to plead at the Trial.--Society.--Charm of idle conversation. --The Whisperer of good stories. 141 LETTER XIX. Victor Hugo.--Racine. 151 LETTER XX. Versailles.--St. Cloud. 170 LETTER XXI. History of the Vicomte de B----. His opinions.--State of France.--Expediency. 180