CHAPITRE I

P. I, 1. 3. un ami généreux, Charles Marie d'Yrumberry, Count de Salaberry (1766 — 1847), a politician of decidedly royalist sympathies.

1. 4. ttn militaire Vendéen, a soldier who had taken a sliare in the wars of La Vendée for the restoration of the royal family. Thèse wars began in March 1793 and ended in 1796, thanks to the skill and courage of General Hoche (Lazare; 1768 — 1797).