CHAPTER XX.

My New Quarters--Their Desolate Aspect--First Night in them--Change of Abode--My New Residence--Ma’amselle Rose--A She-Dragon--Our Fare--The Villagers--The Maire and his Complaints--More Grievances--The Postmaster of St Denis--Insolence of the Villagers--The Allied Sovereigns--A Review--Difficulties--Order from Headquarters--A Complaint--A Visitor--Rascalities--The French Police--Pertinacity of my Persecutor--Church Reopened--Sunday in France--Review of Prussians--A Scene--A Craven--Our Artillery--Positions of Troops--Scenes of Battles--View from Montmartre--The Works on Montmartre--Belleville and Vincennes--Aspect of Country--Washerwomen--Village Gossip, 166