Except in the morning, hardly any armed men are to be seen in the streets, and even in the central Boulevards, except when there is a report of some success or during an hour in the evening, there are no crowds.

In the fighting faubourgs there is a real genuine determination to fight it out to the last.

The men there have arms, and they have not cared to put on uniforms.

Men, women, and children are all of one mind in the quarters of the working men.

I have been much struck with the difference between one of these poor fellows who is prepared to die for the honour of his country, between his quiet, calm demeanour, and the absurd airs, and noisy brawls, and the dapper uniforms of the young fellows one meets with in the fashionable quarters.