He was laden with two huge epaulets, and displayed his scarf, not that of a Representative, but of a general, which scarf, being too long, trailed on the ground.

He crossed the bridge on foot, shouting to the soldiers inarticulate cries of enthusiasm for the Empire and the _coup d'etat_.

Such figures as these were seen in 1814.

Only instead of wearing a large tri-colored, cockade, they wore a large white cockade.
In the main the same phenomenon; old men crying, "Long live the Past!" Almost at the same moment M.de Larochejaquelein crossed the Place de la Concorde, surrounded by a hundred men in blouses, who followed him in silence, and with an air of curiosity.

Numerous regiments of cavalry were drawn up in the grand avenue of the Champs Elysees.
At eight o'clock a formidable force invested the Legislative Palace.
All the approaches were guarded, all the doors were shut.