sartine's

Updated: August 25, 2026

The next morning the banker received a letter from the Police Department, instructing him to order the departure of his commis from Paris within 24 hours, and from France within a month. The same gentleman gave me a genuine edition of the celebrated story of Sartine's stopping the travellers at the gates of Paris.

Sir Archibald Alison - Travels in France during the years 1814-15 : Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes.