to certain lands in Lorraine, near her exiled king, Stanislas. In
Lorraine, therefore, at Luneville, the Court of the ex-king of
Poland, or at Commercy, Bar-le-Duc, or wherever the Princesse de
Talmond might be, Charles was sure to be heard of by an intelligent
spy, if permitted to enter the country. Consequently, we are not
surprised to find Charles drafting on April 3, at Luneville (where he
resided at the house of one Mittie, physician of the ex-king of
Poland), a 'Project for My arrival in Paris. Mr. Benn [himself] must
go straight to Dijon, and his companion, Mr. Smith [Goring], to
Paris. Mr. Smith will need a chaise, which he must buy at Luneville.
Next he will take up the servant of C. P. [Prince Charles] at Ligny,
but on leaving that place Mr. Smith must ride on horseback, and the
chaise can go there as if for his return to Paris; the person in it
seeming to profit by this opportunity. Mr. Benn [the Prince] must
remain for some days, as if he wanted to buy a trunk, and will give
his own as if in friendship to Mr. Smith; all this seeming mere
chance work. Next, Mr. Smith will go his way and his friend will go
his, after waiting a few days, and on arriving at Dijon must write to
nobody, except the letter to W- [Waters]. The Chevalier Graeme, whom
he must see (and to whom he may mention having been at Dijon on the
Prince's business, without naming his companion, but as if alone),
knows nothing, and Graeme must be left in the dark as if he (Mr.
Smith) [Goring] were in the same case, and were waiting new orders in
total ignorance, not having seen me for a long time.' {71}

There follow a few private addresses in Paris; and the name, to be
remarked, of 'Mademoiselle Ferrand.'

All this is very puzzling; we only make out that, by some confusion
of the personalities of 'Benn' (the Prince) and 'Mr. Smith' (Goring),