[102] Henry Augustus, Thirteenth Viscount Dillon (1777-1832), Married (1807) To Henrietta Browne (Died 1862).

- ED. [103] Quoted from memory, with mistakes.

The text has been corrected as it stands in Brantome, Les Dames galantes, ed. Chasles, vol. I, p. 351. - ED.

AFTER WATERLOO

PART III.

CHAPTER XIII

MARCH-SEPTEMBER, 1817

Journey from Lausanne to Clermont-Ferrand - A wretched conveyance - The first dish of frogs - Society in Clermont-Ferrand - General de Vergeunes - Cleansing the town - Return to Lausanne - A zealous priest - Journey to Bern and back to Lausanne - Avenches - Lake Morat - Lake Neufchatel - The Diet in Bern - Character of the Bernois - A beautiful Milanese lady.

I started from Lausanne on the 4th March 1817, and arrived on the same day at 4 o'clock at Geneva. On my arrival at Geneva, my banker informed me that I had been denounced to the police, for some political opinions I had spoken at the Hotel de l'Ecu de Geneve, previous to my journey into Italy, and that I had been traced as far as Turin. I went directly on hearing this to the police, and desired to know who my accusers were, and that the accusation against me might be investigated immediately. Both these propositions were however declined, and I was told it was an affaire passee, and of no sort of consequence; so that from that day to this I have never been able to ascertain who my friends were.

I left Lausanne with the intention of paying a visit to my friend Col. Wardle and his family at Clermont-Ferrand, in the Department of the Puy de Dome, in Auvergne, where they are residing.

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