quarters, her connection with all the seditious clubs of London was soon
bruited abroad, and one evening Desiree found herself confronted with a
document addressed to her: "From the Office of His Majesty's Privy
Seal," wherein it was set forth that, pursuant to the statute 33 George III.
cap. 5, she, Desiree Candeille, a French subject now resident in England,
was required to leave this kingdom by order of His Majesty within seven
days, and that in the event of the said Desiree Candeille refusing to
comply with this order, she would be liable to commitment, brought to
trial and sentenced to imprisonment for a month, and afterwards to
removal within a limited time under pain of transportation for life.

This meant that Demoiselle Candeille had exactly seven days in which to
make complete her reconciliation with her former friends who now ruled
Paris and France with a relentless and perpetually bloodstained hand. No
wonder that during the night which followed the receipt of this
momentous document, Demoiselle Candeille suffered gravely from
insomnia.

She dared not go back to France, she was ordered out of England! What
was to become of her?

This was just three days before the eventful afternoon of the Richmond
Gala, and twenty-four hours after ex-Ambassador Chauvelin had landed
in England. Candeille and Chauvelin had since then met at the "Cercle
des Jacobins Francais" in Soho Street, and now fair Desiree found herself
in lodgings in Richmond, the evening of the day following the Gala,
feeling that her luck had not altogether deserted her.

One conversation with Citizen Chauvelin had brought the fickle jade back
to Demoiselle Candeilles' service. Nay, more, the young actress saw