La Fayette, who commanded the citizens, feared only this rival who commanded regiments, he therefore watched and flattered M.de Bouille.

He constantly proposed to him a coalition of their forces, of which they would be the commanders-in-chief, and by thus acting in concert secure at once the revolution and the monarchy.

M.de Bouille, who doubted the loyalty of La Fayette, replied with a cold and sarcastic civility, that but ill concealed his suspicions.

These two characters were incompatible,--the one was the representative of modern patriotism, the other of ancient honour: they could not harmonise.
The Marquis de Bouille commanded the troops of Loraine, Alsace, Franche-Comte, and Champagne, and his government extended from Switzerland to the Sambre.

He had no less than ninety battalions of foot, and a hundred and four squadrons of cavalry under his orders.