Except when some important event is taking place at the front, there are no crowds in the streets, and even the groups which used to impede circulation are now rare.

The National Guards go in turn to the ramparts, like clerks to their office.
In the morning the battalions are changed, and those who come off duty march to their respective "quartiers" and quietly disband.

Unless there is some extraordinary movement, during the rest of the day and night there is little marching of troops.

In the evening the Boulevards are moderately full from eight to ten o'clock, but now that only half the number of street lamps are lit--they look gloomy even then--at half-past ten every _cafe_ and shop is closed, and half-an-hour later every one has gone home.

There are no quarrels and no drunkards.