theprisonersconsistofthemostdistinguishedpersonagesoftheQuartierSaintGermain，prelates，officers，grand—seigniors，andnobleladies，——MonseigneurdeClermont—Tonnerre，MonseigneurdeCrussold’Amboise，MonseigneurdeHersaint，MonseigneurdeSaintSimon，bishopofAgde，theComtessedeNarbonne—Pelet，theDuchessedeChoiseul，thePrincessedeChimay，theComtessedeRaymond—Narbonneandherdaughter，twoyearsofage，inshort，theflowerofthatrefinedsocietywhichEuropeadmiredandimitatedandwhich，initsexquisiteperfection，equalledorsurpassedallthatGreece，RomeandItalyhadproducedinbrilliancy，polishandamiability。Contrastwiththesethearbitersoftheirlivesanddeaths，thepotentatesofthesamequarterwhoissuethewarrantsofarrestagainstthem，whopenthemintospeculateonthem，andwhorevelattheirexpenseandbeforetheireyes:theseconsistofthemembersoftherevolutionarycommitteeoftheCroix—Rouge，theeighteenconvictedroguesanddebaucheespreviouslydescribed，[152]ex—cab—drivers，porters，cobblers，street—
messengers，stevedores，bankrupts，counterfeiters，formerorfuturejail—birds，allclientsofthepoliceoralms—houseriff—raff。—AttheotherendofParis，intheeast，inthetoweroftheTemple，separatedfromhissisterandtornfromhismother，stilllivesthelittleDauphin:nooneinFrancemeritsmorepityorrespectthanhim。
For，ifFranceexists，itisowingtothethirty—fivemilitarychiefsandcrownedkingsofwhichheisthelastdirectscion；withouttheirthousandyearsofhereditaryruleandpreservingpolicytheintrudersintotheTuilerieswhohavejustprofanedtheirtombsatSt。Denisandthrowntheirbonesintoacommonditch，[153]wouldnotbeFrenchmen。Atthismoment，weresuffragesfree，theimmensemajorityofthepeople，nineteenFrenchmenoutoftwenty，wouldrecognizethisinnocentandpreciouschildfortheirKing，theheirofthepeopleofwhichtheirnationandcountryisformed，achildofeightyears，ofrareprecociousness，asintelligentasheisgood，andofagentleandwinningexpression。Lookattheotherfigurealongsideofhim，hisfistraisedandwithinsultsonhislips，withahang—dogface，bloatedwithbrandy，titulargovernor，officialpreceptor，andabsolutemasterofthischild，thecobblerSimon，malignant，foul—
mouthed，meanineveryway，forcinghimtobecomeintoxicated，starvinghim，preventinghimfromsleeping，thrashinghim，andwho，obeyingorders，instinctivelyvisitsonhimallhisbrutalityandcorruptionthathemaypervert，degradeanddepravehim。[154]—InthePalaisdeJustice，midwaybetweenthetoweroftheTempleandtheprisonintheruedeSèvres，analmostsimilarcontrast，transposingthemeritsanddemerits，dailybringstogetherinoppositiontheinnocentwiththevile。Therearedayswhenthecontrast，stillmorestriking，seatscriminalsonthejudges’benchandjudgesonthebenchofcriminals。OnthefirstandsecondofFloréal，theoldrepresentativesandtrusteesoflibertyunderthemonarchy，twenty—
fivemagistratesoftheParisandToulouseparliaments，manyofthembeingeminentintellectsofthehighestcultureandnoblestcharacter，embracingthegreatesthistoricalnamesoftheFrenchmagistracy，—