After going first to the house and finding it in the possession of a hideous mob, who were plundering and drinking, I went to see what had taken place at the hotel of the Duc de Gisons.

I found that he had, like your father, been arrested in the night.

I learned that the count was absent, and that a party were inside in readiness to arrest him on his return.

Thinking it probable that he might have gone down to their estate near Fontainebleau, I went out beyond the gate on that road and waited for him.

I had the good fortune to meet him, to warn him of his danger, and to prevent his returning to town.