Strange to say, each one of these persons, down to Madame
Adam, who, almost unknown to herself, was also drawn into
the many dark intrigues to which Boulangism gave rise,
worked for a different aim. The Duchess d'Uzes, when asked
to contribute financially to the success of the enterprise, was
actuated by the secret desire to become the Egeria of the new
hero whose star was rising in the firmament of her country's
existence, and to rule that country under his name. Albert
de Mun thought only of the restoration of the Monarchy.
The Marquis de Beauvoir saw himself so firmly established
in the confidence of the Comte de Paris that the latter would
feel himself in honour bound to stand by him whenever one
of those financial catastrophes, which were periodical events
with him, should once again occur. Henri Rochefort was
actuated by his everlasting mania of opposing every existing
government, a mania to which he owed his success as a journalist
and as a politician, and to which he would only have given
way with more virulence than before had some freak of fortune
really brought to the pinnacle Boulanger and his black horse.
