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CHAPTER III.
INSIDE THE ELYSEE
During the morning Dr. Yvan met Dr. Conneau. They were acquainted. They
talked together. Yvan belonged to the Left. Conneau belonged to the
Elysée. Yvan knew through Conneau the details of what had taken place
during the night at the Elysée, which he transmitted to us.
One of these details was the following:--
An inexorable decree had been compiled, and was about to be placarded.
This decree enjoined upon all submission to the coup d'état.
Saint-Arnaud, who, as Minister of War, should sign the decree, had drawn
it up. He had reached the last paragraph, which ran thus: "Whoever shall
be detected constructing a barricade, posting a placard of the
ex-Representatives, or reading it, shall be...." here Saint-Arnaud had
paused; Morny had shrugged his shoulders, had snatched the pen from his
hand, and written "shot!"
Other matters had been decided, but these were not recorded.
Various pieces of information came in in addition to these.
A National Guard, named Boillay de Dole, had formed one of the Guard at
the Elysée, on the night of the 3d and 4th. The windows of Louis
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