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Before the investment began Paris was already afflicted with a spy mania. Sala's adventure, which I recounted in an earlier chapter, was in a way connected with this delusion, which originated with the cry "We are betrayed!" immediately after the first French reverses. The instances of so-called "spyophobia" were innumerable, and often curious and amusing.
In this way he defeated the black-balling clique, and secured Sala's admittance to society of a somewhat graver type than that to which he had heretofore been accustomed. Even in 1878 I was not unversed in London clubs.
Pietri only paused in his task in order to write an order for Sala's release, and I have always understood that this was the last official order that emanated from the famous Prefect of the Second Empire. It is true that he presented himself at the Tuileries before he fled to Belgium, but the Empress, as we know, was averse from any armed conflict with the population of Paris.
Sweden's great King, Germany's preserver, Gustavus Adolphus, founded Sala. The little wood, close by, still preserves legends of the heroic King's youthful love of his meeting here with Ebba Brahe. Sala's silver mines are the largest, the deepest, and oldest in Sweden: they reach to the depth of one hundred and seventy fathoms, consequently they are almost as deep as the Baltic.
I remember Lord Granville's attempt to reply to Sala's sweeping assertion, but judging by the cheers, it was the essayist, rather than the earl, who had the sympathy of the members. Lord Hartington's resolution was carried by a small majority, and a ballot of the whole club was demanded, to settle the question finally.
That the early Popes however preached there can be no doubt, although most of their homilies, if ever written, have not reached our time. Gaetano published by Mabillon and from a Vatican MS. no. 4231, p. 197; both these documents are quoted by Cancellieri, Descriz. delle Cappelle etc. p. 328. See proofs that the Popes preached drawn up in chronological order in Sala's notes to Card.
First French Defeats A Great Victory rumoured The Marseillaise, Capoul and Marie Sass Edward Vizetelly brings News of Forbach to Paris Emile Ollivier again His Fall from Power Cousin Montauban, Comte de Palikao English War Correspondents in Paris Gambetta calls me "a Little Spy" More French Defeats Palikao and the Defence of Paris Feats of a Siege Wounded returning from the Front Wild Reports of French Victories The Quarries of Jaumont The Anglo-American Ambulance The News of Sedan Sala's Unpleasant Adventure The Fall of the Empire.
The manager acquainted the British Embassy with his predicament, and it was, I think, Mr. Sheffield who repaired to the Prefecture de Police to obtain an order for Sala's liberation. The story told me at the time was that Lord Lyons's representative found matters already in great confusion at the Prefecture.
One of Nomellini's effects in light and shade appears in No. 86, on the east wall. Paolo Sala's "Along the Thames" deserves better place and notice. Irolli, Lionne and Nomellini are gold medallists. Room 25, without any remarkable canvases, is very pleasing as an example of harmonious hanging.
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