Great was the excitement in Paris; and the people showed a disposition to support the estates at any price.

On the 2d of November, the dauphin summoned at the Louvre a meeting of his councillors and of the principal deputies; and there he announced that he was obliged to set out for Metz, where he was going to follow up the negotiations entered into with the Emperor Charles IV.

and Pope Innocent VI.

for the sake of restoring peace between France and England.

He added that the deputies, on returning for a while to their provinces, should get themselves enlightened as to the real state of affairs, and that he would not fail to recall them so soon as he had any important news to tell them, and any assistance to request of them.
[Illustration: The Louvre in the Fourtheenth Century----336] It was not without serious grounds that the dauphin attached so much importance to gaining time.