Alexandre Dumas
Image Attribution: Nadar (Public domain)
Image Attribution: Nadar (Public domain)
On the 26th of October, 1585, the barriers of the Porte St. Antoine were, contrary to custom, still closed at half-past ten in the morning. A quarter of an hour after, a guard of twenty Swiss, the favorite troops of Henri III., then king, passed through these barriers, which were again closed behind them.
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