MADAME DINES WITH THE TERRORISTS MARAT AND ROBESPIERRE, MODELS THEIR FIGURES AND SUBSEQUENTLY TAKES CASTS OF THEIR HEADS--SHE VISITS CHARLOTTE CORDAY IN PRISON--DEATH OF CURTIUS--MADAME MARRIES--NAPOLEON SITS FOR HIS MODEL 92 CHAPTER IX MADAME TUSSAUD LEAVES FRANCE FOR ENGLAND, NEVER TO RETURN--EARLY DAYS IN LONDON--ON TOUR--SOME NOTABLE FIGURES--SHIPWRECK IN THE IRISH CHANNEL 98 CHAPTER X THE BRISTOL RIOTS--NARROW ESCAPE OF THE EXHIBITION--A BRAVE BLACK SERVANT--ARRIVAL AT BLACKHEATH 103 CHAPTER XI AN OLD PLACARD--PRINCESS AUGUSTA’S TESTIMONIAL--GREAT SUCCESS AT GRAY’S INN ROAD--MADAME INITIATES PROMENADE CONCERTS--BYGONE TABLEAUX 108 CHAPTER XII PLACARD (_Continued_)--THE OLD EXHIBITION--CELEBRITIES OF THE DAY--TUSSAUD’S MUMMY--POETIC EULOGISM--REMOVAL TO BAKER STREET--THE IRON DUKE’S REJOINDER--MADAME DE MALIBRAN 113 CHAPTER XIII HOW THE WATERLOO CARRIAGE WAS ACQUIRED--A CHANCE CONVERSATION ON LONDON BRIDGE--THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF AN EMPEROR’S EQUIPAGE--AFFIDAVIT OF NAPOLEON’S COACHMAN 120 CHAPTER XIV NAPOLEON’S WATERLOO CARRIAGE--DESCRIPTION OF ITS EXTERIOR 127 CHAPTER XV DESCRIPTION OF THE WATERLOO CARRIAGE (_Continued_)--ITS INTERIOR AND PECULIAR CONTRIVANCES--BROUGHT TO ENGLAND AND EXHIBITED AT THE LONDON MUSEUM 133 CHAPTER XVI THE ST. HELENA CARRIAGE--NAPOLEON ALARMS THE LADIES--CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICITY 139 CHAPTER XVII FATHER MATTHEW SITS FOR HIS MODEL--TSAR NICHOLAS I. TAKES A FANCY TO VOLTAIRE’S CHAIR--A REPLICA SENT TO HIM--THE REV. PETER MCKENZIE’S EXORCISM 143 CHAPTER XVIII LANDSEER AND THE COUNT D’ORSAY VISIT THE EXHIBITION--A FRIGHT--NORFOLK FARMER’S ACCOUNT OF QUEEN VICTORIA’S VISIT 148 CHAPTER XIX WELLINGTON VISITS THE EFFIGY OF THE DEAD NAPOLEON, AND SITS TO SIR GEORGE HAYTER FOR HISTORIC PICTURE--PAINTINGS FROM MODELS--IS THE PHOTOGRAPH “TAKEN FROM LIFE,” OR--? 153 CHAPTER XX THE STORY OF COLOUR-SERGEANT BATES’S MARCH THROUGH ENGLAND TO PROVE ANGLO-AMERICAN GOODWILL--START FROM GRETNA--THE DOVE OF PEACE 159 CHAPTER XXI