As for the fortresses, they have not been taken, and yet they have not arrested the Prussian advance on Paris; consequently their destruction would not seriously weaken the defences of the country." I asked whether Paris would now consent to these terms.

"No," he said, "if the Government offered them there would be a revolution.

Paris, rightly or wrongly, believes that she will be able to hold out for two months, and that during this time there will be a _levee en masse_." "And do you share this opinion ?" I asked.

"I am not of a very sanguine character" he replied; "but I really am now inclined to believe that the Prussians will never enter Paris unless they starve us into a surrender." "Then," I said, "I suppose they will starve us out." "I am an old man," he said, "and I always remember Philip's saying, 'Time and I are two,' In two months many things may happen.

Winter is coming on.