I recalled several things to his mind. He said: “Do you remember that it was I who received you when you arrived at the Baudin barricade?” * I replied: “I remember the fact so well that--. And I recited the lines at the beginning of the piece (unpublished) upon the Baudin barricade: _La barricade était livide dans l’aurore, Et comme j’arrivais elle fumait encore. Rey me serra la main et dit: Baudin est mort..._ * Representative Baudin was killed on the barricade in the Faubourg Saint Antoine on December 2, 1852, during Louis Bonaparte’s coup d’Etat. He burst into tears. September 7.--Louis Blanc, d’Alton-Shée, Banville and others came to see me. The women of the Markets brought me a bouquet. September 8.--I am warned that it is proposed to assassinate me. I shrug my shoulders. This morning I wrote my “Letter to the Germans.” It will be sent tomorrow. Visit from General Cluseret. At 10 o’clock I went to the office of the Rappel to correct the proofs of my “Letter to the Germans.” September 9.--Received a visit from General Montfort. The generals are asking me for commands, I am being asked to grant audiences, office-seekers are asking me for places. I reply: “I am nobody.” I saw Captain Feval, husband of Fanny, the sister of Alice. * He was a prisoner of war, and was released on parole. * Wife of Charles Hugo. All the newspapers publish my “Appeal to the Germans.” September 10.--D’Alton-Shée and Louis Ulbach lunched with us. Afterwards we went to the Place de la Concorde. At the foot of the flower-crowned statue of Strasburg is a register. Everybody comes to sign the resolution of public thanks. I inscribed my name. The crowd at once surrounded me. The ovation of the other night was about to recommence. I hurried to my carriage. Among the persons who called upon me was Cernuschi. September 11.--Received a visit from Mr. Wickham Hoffman, Secretary of the United States Legation. Mr. Washburne, the American Minister, had requested him to ask me whether I did not think that some good might result were he to intervene *officiously* and see the King of Prussia. I sent him to Jules Favre. September 12.--Among other callers was Frédérick Lemaître. September 13.--To-day there is a review of the army of Paris. I am alone in my chamber. The battalions march through the streets singing the “Marseillaise” and the “Chant du Depart.” I hear this immense shout: For France a Frenchman should live, For France a Frenchman should die.* * The “Chant du Depart.” I listen and I weep. On, valiant ones! I will go where you go. Receive a visit from the United States Consul-General and Mr. Wickham Hoffman. Julie* writes me from Guernsey that the acorn I planted on July 14 has sprouted. The oak of the United States of Europe issued from the ground on September 5, the day of my return to Paris. * Victor Hugo’s sister-in-law.