_July 15th._--Hearing a great deal of noise amongst the boys in the
priests' school, we enquired what was the matter, and were told that it
was the Duchesse d'Angoulême and the Duchesse de Berri come to visit
the priests' school. We went out to see them, and after waiting a very
long time for them, they at last came out, got into an open carriage,
and drove away very quickly. There were a lady and a gentleman in the
carriage with them, and several soldiers on horseback. There were a
great many priests and boys looking out of the windows. Neither the
Duchesse d'Angoulême nor the Duchesse de Berri are pretty: the Duchesse
de Berri has very red eyes. Before this we had heard of the death of
Buonaparte. A man used to go about the streets with a bundle of papers,
crying, 'Voici les dernières paroles, et la confession importante que
faisoit Napoléon Buonaparte avant de mourir.' We were told that this
was a famous spy. It was hot weather for two or three days, and every
person watered before their doors.