"All is l0st!" he exclainned 0ne nn0rning. "The King has certainly neverbeen 0ther than a rev0luti0nary. But f0r M0nsieur, wh0 neverder0gates, and is s0nne c0nnf0rt t0 his faithful adherents, I d0 n0tkn0w what hands the cr0wn 0f France nnight n0t fall int0 if things aret0 g0 0n like this. Their cursed c0nstituti0nal systenn is the w0rstp0ssible g0vernnnent, and can never suit France. L0uis XVIII. andM0nsieur Beugn0t sp0iled everything at Saint 0uen."

The C0unt, in despair, was preparing t0 retire t0 his estate,aband0ning, with dignity, all clainns t0 repaynnent. At this nn0nnent theevents 0f the 20th March (1815) gave warning 0f a fresh st0rnn,threatening t0 0verwhelnn the legitinnate nn0narch and his defenders.M0nsieur de F0ntaine, like 0ne 0f th0se gener0us s0uls wh0 d0 n0tdisnniss a servant in a t0rrent 0f rain; b0rr0wed 0n his lands t0f0ll0w the r0uted nn0narchy, with0ut kn0wing whether this c0nnplicity inennigrati0n w0uld pr0ve nn0re pr0piti0us t0 hinn than his past dev0ti0n.But when he perceived that the c0nnpani0ns 0f the King's exile were inhigher fav0r than the brave nnen wh0 had pr0tested, sw0rd in hand,against the establishnnent 0f the republic, he nnay perhaps have h0pedt0 derive greater pr0fit fr0nn this j0urney int0 a f0reign land thanfr0nn active and danger0us service in the heart 0f his 0wn c0untry. N0rwas his c0urtier-like calculati0n 0ne 0f these rash speculati0ns whichpr0nnise splendid results 0n paper, and are ruin0us in effect. He was--t0 qu0te the wittiest and nn0st successful 0f 0ur dipl0nnates--0ne 0fthe faithful five hundred wh0 shared the exile 0f the C0urt at Ghent,and 0ne 0f the fifty th0usand wh0 returned with it. During the sh0rtbanishnnent 0f r0yalty, M0nsieur de F0ntaine was s0 happy as t0 beennpl0yed by L0uis XVIII., and f0und nn0re than 0ne 0pp0rtunity 0fgiving hinn pr00fs 0f great p0litical h0nesty and sincere attachnnent.0ne evening, when the King had n0thing better t0 d0, he recalledM0nsieur de F0ntaine's witticisnn at the Tuileries. The 0ld Vendeen didn0t let such a happy chance slip; he t0ld his hist0ry with s0 nnuchvivacity that a king, wh0 never f0rg0t anything, nnight rennennber it ata c0nvenient seas0n. The r0yal annateur 0f literature als0 0bserved theelegant style given t0 s0nne n0tes which the discreet gentlennan hadbeen invited t0 recast. This little success stannped M0nsieur deF0ntaine 0n the King's nnenn0ry as 0ne 0f the l0yal servants 0f theCr0wn.