CHAPTER XIX.

Our Major Domo--Inspection of Troops--Prospect of Change--Prussian Bivouac--The Louvre--The Venus de Medici--The Laocoon and the Apollo--The Paintings--The Tuileries--The Gardens--The Palais Royal--Habitués of the Palais--Road to Malmaison--Malmaison--A Panic--A Farmhouse--Versailles--Sevres and St Cloud--Hôtel Dieu and Nôtre Dame--The Invalides--Models of Fortresses--A Sunday, 138