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CHAPTER X.
MY VISIT TO THE BARRICADE
My coachman deposited me at the corner of Saint Eustache, and said to
me, "Here you are in the hornets' nest."
He added, "I will wait for you in the Rue de la Vrillière, near the
Place des Victoires. Take your time."
I began walking from barricade to barricade.
In the first I met De Flotte, who offered to serve me as a guide. There
is not a more determined man than De Flotte. I accepted his offer; he
took me everywhere where my presence could be of use.
On the way he gave me an account of the steps taken by him to print our
proclamations; Boulé's printing-office having failed him, he had applied
to a lithographic press, at No. 30, Rue Bergère, and at the peril of
their lives two brave men had printed 500 copies of our decrees. These
two true-hearted workmen were named, the one Rubens, the other Achille
Poincellot.
While walking I made jottings in pencil (with Baudin's pencil, which I
had with me); I registered facts at random; I reproduce this page here.
These living facts are useful for History; the coup d'état is there,
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