He was at the same time editor of the musical _feuilleton_ of the _Moniteur_.

On the 1st December he had gone to the Opera Comique for the first representation of a new piece, and did not return till after midnight.
The fourth messenger from the _Moniteur_ was waiting for him with a proof of the last slip of the sitting; M.Prevost corrected the proof, and the messenger was sent off.

It was then a little after one o'clock, profound quiet reigned around, and, with the exception of the guard, all in the Palace slept.

Towards this hour of the night, a singular incident occurred.

The Captain-Adjutant-Major of the Guard of the Assembly came to the Major and said, "The Colonel has sent for me," and he added according to military etiquette, "Will you permit me to go ?" The Commandant was astonished.