Author: Victor Hugo / Year:1802-1865 / Genre: Historic Novels Finally the party goes to Bombarda’s public house, which looks out onto the quay and river. It’s packed with a Sunday crowd, all shouting merrily. The Champs-Elysées and Place de la Concorde are filled with people promenading and some playing games on the grass. The Chief of Police, indeed, had recently advised the king that there is nothing to be feared from Parisians, who are amiable and calm. The narrator, though, notes that Parisians may be frivolous and lazy, but can easily be fired up to fight for a cause they believe in.
