suspicious Martello-towers, with the keen eye of Patriotism; marches overland with despatch, singly, or in force; to City after City; dim scouring far and wide; (Barbaroux, p. 21; Hist.  Parl. xiii. 421-4.)—­argues, and if it must be, fights.  For there is much to do; Jales itself is looking suspicious.  So that Legislator Fauchet, after debate on it, has to propose Commissioners and a Camp on the Plain of Beaucaire:  with or without result.

Of all which, and much else, let us note only this small consequence, that young Barbaroux, Advocate, Town-Clerk of Marseilles, being charged to have these things remedied, arrived at Paris in the month of February 1792.  The beautiful and brave:  young Spartan, ripe in energy, not ripe in wisdom; over whose black doom there shall flit nevertheless a certain ruddy fervour, streaks of bright Southern tint, not wholly swallowed of Death!  Note also that the Rolands of Lyons are again in Paris; for the second and final time.  King’s Inspectorship is abrogated at Lyons, as elsewhere:  Roland has his retiring-pension to claim, if attainable; has Patriot friends to commune with; at lowest, has a book to publish.  That young Barbaroux and the Rolands came together; that elderly Spartan Roland liked, or even loved the young Spartan, and was loved by him, one can fancy:  and Madame—?  Breathe not, thou poison-breath, Evil-speech!  That soul is taintless, clear, as the mirror-sea.  And yet if they too did look into each other’s eyes, and each, in silence, in tragical renunciance, did find that the other was all too lovely?  Honi soit!  She calls him ‘beautiful as Antinous:’  he ’will speak elsewhere of that astonishing woman.’—­A Madame d’Udon (or some such name, for Dumont does not recollect quite clearly) gives copious Breakfast to the Brissotin Deputies and us Friends of Freedom, at her house in the Place Vendome; with temporary celebrity, with graces and wreathed smiles; not without cost.  There, amid wide babble and jingle, our plan of Legislative Debate is settled for the day, and much counselling held.  Strict Roland is seen there, but does not go often. (Dumont, Souvenirs, p. 374.)

Chapter 2.5.IV.

No Sugar.

Such are our inward troubles; seen in the Cities of the South; extant, seen or unseen, in all cities and districts, North as well as South.  For in all are Aristocrats, more or less malignant; watched by Patriotism; which again, being of various shades, from light Fayettist-Feuillant down to deep-sombre Jacobin, has to watch itself!

Directories of Departments, what we call County Magistracies, being chosen by Citizens of a too ‘active’ class, are found to pull one way; Municipalities, Town Magistracies, to pull the other way.  In all places too are Dissident Priests; whom the Legislative will have to deal with:  contumacious individuals, working on that angriest of passions; plotting, enlisting for Coblentz; or suspected of plotting:  fuel of