"'Charles X. cannot return to Paris: he has shed the blood of the people. "'The Republic would expose us to horrible divisions; it would embroil us with Europe. "'The Duc d'Orléans is a Prince devoted to the cause of the Revolution. "'The Duc d'Orléans has never fought against us. "'The Duc d'Orléans was at Jemmapes. "'The Duc d'Orléans has worn the national colours, the Duc d'Orléans alone can wear them still. "'The Duc d'Orléans has declared himself: he accepts the Charter as we have always desired and understood it. "'He will hold his crown at the hands of the French People.' "This last phrase was immediately modified as follows on a second placard: "'The Duc d'Orléans makes no declaration: he awaits our will; let us proclaim that will: he will accept the Charter as we have always desired and understood it.'" The Duc de Broglie adds: "Whence did these placards proceed? We know to-day that they were the work of Messieurs Thiers and Mignet, and that Paulin the bookseller, strong in the support of his friends, gave attention to the printing and the posting. Was M. Laffitte in the secret? There is reason to presume so."(_Souvenirs du feu Duc de Broglie_, vol. III.)--B.] [Footnote 273: Ary Scheffer (1785-1858), the Dutch painter. He was appointed painting-master to the Orleans children, in 1821, and remained on a very intimate footing with the Orleans Family throughout.--T.] [Footnote 274: Madame Adélaïde (1777-1847), younger sister of Louis-Philippe. She exercised a great ascendant over that Monarch's mind, was his adviser during the whole of his reign, and her death plunged him into a state of dejection which facilitated the Revolution of 1848. She accumulated a large fortune, which she bequeathed to her nephews.--T.] [Footnote 275: The Duc d'Orléans occupied a royal residence at Neuilly which was demolished in 1848.--T.] [Footnote 276: The Marquis de Sémonville, as Grand Referendary, had a set of official apartments at the Luxembourg.--T.] [Footnote 277: Epicurus (342 B.C.--270 B.C.), the Greek philosopher.--T.] [Footnote 278: Captain Le Motha is the original of the officer immortalized by Alfred de Vigny in the last and admirable episode of his _Servitude et grandeur militaires_, entitled, _La Vie et la mort du capitaine Renaud._--B.] [Footnote 279: Antoine Louis Marie de Gramont, Duc de Guiche (1755-1836), emigrated to England during the Revolution and, as "Captain Gramont," served in the 10th Hussars. He returned to France with the Duc d'Angoulême as first aide-de-camp, and was created a peer of France in June 1814. He took the oath of allegiance to the new Government after the Revolution of July, and remained a peer till his death.--B.] [Footnote 280: M. de Guernon-Rainville, who was at Saint-Cloud at that time, thus describes this deplorable scene in his Journal: