Berlin--Potsdam--Frederic the Great--My brother--My cousin Moreau--My sister, the Comtesse de Farcy--Julie a worldly woman--Dinner--Pommereul--Madame de Chastenay--Cambrai--The Navarre Regiment--La Martinière--Death of my father--My regrets--Would my father have appreciated me?--I return to Brittany--I stay with my eldest sister--My brother sends for me to Paris--First inspiration of the muse--My lonely life in Paris--I am presented at Versailles--I hunt with the King--Adventure with my mare _Heureuse_ BOOK V Stay in Brittany--In garrison at Dieppe--I return to Paris with Lucile and Julie--Delisle de Sales--Men of letters--Portraits--The Rosanbo family--M. de Malesherbes--His predilection for Lucile--Appearance and change of my sylph--Early political disturbances in Brittany--A glance at the history of the monarchy--Constitution of the States of Brittany--The holding of the States--The King's revenue in Brittany--Private revenue of the province--Hearth-money--I am present for the first time at a political meeting--A scene--My mother moves to Saint-Malo--I receive the tonsure--The country round Saint-Malo--The ghost--The sick man--The States of Brittany in 1789--Riots--Saint-Riveul, my schoolfellow, is killed--The year 1789--Journey from Brittany to Paris--Movement on the road--Appearance of Paris--Dismissal of M. Necker--Versailles--Delight of the Royal Family--General insurrection--Capture of the Bastille--Effect of the capture of the Bastille on the Court--The heads of Foullon and Bertier--Recall of M. Necker--Sitting of the 4th of August 1789--The day's work of the 5th of October--The King is taken to Paris--The Constituent Assembly--Mirabeau--Sittings of the National Assembly--Robespierre--Society-Aspect of Paris--What I did amidst all this turmoil--My solitary days--Mademoiselle Monet--I draw up with M. de Malesherbes the plan of my journey in America--Bonaparte and I both unknown subalterns--The Marquis de La Rouërie--I embark at Saint-Malo--Last thoughts on leaving my native land BOOK VI