Directory, on the plea that French officers had not been allowed reciprocity, ordered all English prisoners without exception to be imprisoned in certain departments at a distance from the coast. Many, accordingly, had to march on foot from Brest nearly 500 miles.
Anglomania revived under the Directory, as was indeed inevitable in the general reaction against the Terror. Dandies riding in the Bois de Boulogne greeted each other with "weri wol" (very well), and French dressmakers having migrated to London, the latter city had become the seat of fashion, so that English bonnets and dresses were the rage. Despite the nominal prohibition, the Palais Royal shops were full of English goods. In September 1797 Braham and Signora Storace arrived in Paris to give concerts, which, though admission was a louis, whereas the usual price was six francs, were so popular that the visit was extended from three weeks to eight months. Yet Arndt in 1799 saw "Guerre aux Anglais" placarded in the streets, in cafés, and even in churches, including the temple of the Theo-philanthropists. The spy mania also existed. An Englishwoman married to a foreigner, in her "Sketch of Modern France" (1796-7) met at Abbeville a cart containing an Englishman, his wife, and three children. They had been some months in prison, all their effects had been confiscated, and they were being escorted to Calais for embarkation.
