Only himself, M.Odilon Barrot, and two or three others remained in the room, when the door opened.

A captain entered, and said to M.Daru,-- "Sir, you are my prisoner." "Where am I to follow you ?" asked M.Daru.
"I have orders to watch over you in your own house." The house, in truth, was militarily occupied, and it was thus that M.
Daru was prevented from taking part in the sitting at the Mairie of the tenth arrondissement.
The officer allowed M.Odilon Barrot to go out..