308 MEMOIRS OF 



Mademoiselle Cuvier ; but the loss of the latter 

 necessarily increased his reliance on her cares, 

 and an anxiety was added to his affection, which 

 manifested itself on all occasions. If she were 

 ill, ten times in the course of the day would he 

 mount up stairs to enquire at her bedside how 

 she felt ; if she coughed it seemed to give a 

 pang to his very heart ; and, on her part, could her 

 redoubled devotion towards him and her mother 

 have filled up the void, their great loss would 

 have been repaired. 



In 1830, as we have already seen, M. Cuvier 

 paid his last visit to England, in which journey 

 he was accompanied by Mile. Duvaucel, who 

 was willingly spared by her mother ; for so 

 fondly had these tvvo beings watched over him, 

 that he almost required the one or the other to 

 be constantly with him. This visit, happening 

 as it did during the period of the last revolution, 

 caused several reports in tins country of their 

 having fled to avoid danger. Hearing these 

 surmises whispered about the hotel where they 

 resided, M. Cuvier's faithful valet ventured to 

 repeat them, and asked his master if he were 

 really ignorant of wliat was about to take place. 

 " Do you think, Lombard," replied M. Cuvier, 

 mildly, " that if I had been aware of that w^hich 



