He has opposed the Court and the Prince alike, and the
magistrates themselves regard him as a dangerous man, with those
notions a lui about venality, and his power and individuality, and
therefore is factious, and when the Court demands a Frondeur there
will be no one except perhaps old Mole to cry out in his defence, and
Mole is himself too much overpowered. Some friend should give him a
hint to take care of himself.'
I told my brother as soon as I could, and he ardently wished to take
Darpent away with him when it should be possible to quit Paris; but
at that moment Clement and his young lawyers still nourished some
wild hope that the Parliament, holding the balance between the
parties, might yet undeceive the young King and save the country.
The climax came at last on the second of July. M. le Prince was
outside the walls, with the Portes St. Antoine, St. Honore, and St.
Denis behind him. M. de Turenne was pressing him very hard,
endeavouring to cut him off from taking up a position on the other
side of the army, at the confluence of the Seine and the Marne. The
Prince had entreated permission to pass his baggage through the city,
but the magistrates were resolved not to permit this, not knowing
what would come after. Some entrenchments had been thrown up round
the Porte St. Antoine when the Lorrainers had threatened us, and here
the Prince took up his position outside the walls. There, as you
remember, the three streets of Charenton, St.
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