The preceptor of the pages of M. the duc d'Orléans, the Regent, in long cassock and surplice; their tutor bearing a taper; twelve pages of His Royal Highness, and two sub-tutors. The banner of the confraternity of the Holy Sacrament. The cross of the clergy of S. Eustache. An officer bearing a cushion for His Royal Highness. The _Suisses_ armed, carrying halbards upon their shoulders and torches in their hands, the officers at their head accompanied by drums and fifes. The dais of the Holy Sacrament, borne by high personages. The _curé_ under the dais. Monseigneur le duc d'Orléans carrying a taper, preceded by several officers of his house, and two chaplains in surplices. An officer bearing a bouquet of His Royal Highness. Forty of the body-guard, the councillor of Parliament, and the churchwardens. A coach belonging to His Royal Highness, followed by eight guards on horseback. The archers of the town bringing up the rear. The watchmen of Paris arranged in a line from the church door to the Hôtel de Soissons, on both sides of the Rue Coquillière, with flags and officers at their head; drums to be beaten when His Royal Highness arrives at the church in his coach, and on his return. In 1736 the _reposoir_[70] in the Palais-Royal was constructed from the design of Servandoni, the architect of S. Sulpice; and its importance attracted multitudes of curiosity-hunters from all parts of the town. In 1729 Jean-François-Robert Secousse succeeded his uncle, and was the author of a pamphlet which he gave away to his parishioners entitled: _Lettre d'un Curé à N---- au sujet des Spectacles._ His successor, Jean-Jacques Poupart, was for some time confessor to Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette. When the storm arose, he took the oath to the Constitution; but, finding the lengths to which it carried him, he retracted, went into hiding, and administered to his flock in secret. During the early years of the Revolution, no church suffered more than S. Eustache. Situated in the midst of a populous district, it became the scene of untold horrors. But it was also the resting place for Mirabeau's body on its way to the Panthéon, on the 4th April, 1791; and had nothing worse than the funeral oration by Cerutti, pronounced from the _banc-d'œuvre_,[71] taken place, the sacrilege would have been but small. Trouble was looked for in the following May, when the hairdressers' assistants caused a service to be said for the great orator; but instead of the church being invaded by 10,000 persons, as was expected, a poor 600 were all that put in an appearance, and these were well conducted. Not so the Women's Club which was held in the building, if Lamartine's _Histoire des Girondins_[72] is to be trusted: