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 imprinted on her memory. She had wandered up the lane past the logement des corps de gardes, and had noticed on the ground near the lodge gates the old plough,—a reminiscence of Louis XVI.'s boyhood. Coming towards the porte du jardinier, she had seen Rodolphe and Fidel Bersy in the long green coats of the petite livrée of the gardes. They were directing some strangers. These guards were special friends of hers. Had she not paid all expenses out of her own purse when Rodolphe's children had been ill with smallpox? Whilst passing them she had noticed Marie Anne Lemaignan