24/56 Its tone, it says, is too humble. The _Rappel_ gives a list of "valets of Bonaparte, _ce coquin sinistre_," who still occupy official positions, and demands that they shall at once be relieved from their functions. The _Rappel_ also informs its readers that letters have been discovered (where ?) proving that Queen Victoria had promised before the war to do her best to aid Germany. The house is a "poste" of the National Guard. Butler says the men do not sleep on the ramparts, but in the neighbouring houses. |