à la branche cadette, i.e. the House of Orléans-Bourbon

which began with Philippe I., Duke of Orléans (1640- 1701), Louis XIV. 's only brother, and ascended the throne in 1830 in the person of Louis- Philippe, sixth Duke of Orléans.

21. I. de la légitimité, i.e. the elder branch of the Bourbons,

represented, after Charles X. 's abdication, by his grandson, the Duke of Bordeaux, better known by the name of Comte de Chambord, which he took in 1821, when the castle of Chambord was bought by subscription and presented to him.

3. toujours est-il que . . : for the construction cf. p. 3, 1. 30.

5. au trône de juillet : see note on p. i, 1. 19. ,, 15. sûr de son auditoire: distinguish between auditoire and audience.

19. en présence de : but en Vabse7ice de, one of the very few

expressions in which en is followed by the definite article ; see note on p. 22, 1. 17.