The secretary went to the Ambassador, and in half an hour wrote an official note to Talleyrand, to ask the why and the wherefore.

He advised me in the meantime to quit Paris, and to go to some village near it--Passy or Versailles.

Passy seemed preferable, because it is the nearest to Paris--only a mile and a half distant.

Before I quitted Paris I made another attempt to obtain some explanation from the Grand Juge.

I could not see him, or even his secretary, for a considerable time; and when at length the secretary appeared, it was only to tell me that I could not see the Grand Juge.