We did not then place much reliance on the "streak of silver sea," when in the direct face of danger, as a great "statesman" would have us do now that it no longer confronts us! Ha, at last you recollect, eh?
I need not prompt your memory any further.
Bien.

It was at this period that Monsieur Parole d'Honneur was advised in high official circles that it would be for the benefit of his health if he quitted French soil for awhile.

He had been known to have once been intimately associated with Mazzini, and that gentleman was supposed to be implicated in the Orsini affair--when an attempt was made against Napoleon's life in the Place d'Opera; so, as Parole d'Honneur had likewise been heard to speak rather unguardedly at a political club of patriots to which he belonged, the prefectorial mind "putting that and that together," very reasonably presumed that our friend must have some connection with the bomb conspirators.

The consequences were, that Parole d'Honneur was told to quit Paris instantly, and leave France itself within four-and-twenty hours,--although he was innocent of the slightest knowledge concerning the plot.
However, there was no help for it.

Prefects are not in the habit of discussing their suspicions with suspected persons; and thus he had to bid adieu to his country in a hurry.