CHAPTER I. REACTION. The dispersal of the crowd was as quiet and gradual as the invasion had been boisterous and alarming. Astonished at the meagre results of their day’s work, the rioters began to say to one another : ” We accomplished nothing. We shall have to go back again.” Those who had fanc...
THE same day, and the same hour, when Maurice, dis- appointed and unhappy, repassed the bridge De la Tournelle, several municipals, accompanied by Santerre, commandant of the Parisian National Guard, made a visit of inquiry to the temple, transformed into a prison, since the 13th of August, 1793....
de Necker had lasted about an hour and a half. Gilbert re-entered Paris at a quarter past nine o’clock, drove straight to the post-house, ordered horses and a post-chaise; and while Billot and Pitou were gone to rest themselves, after their fatigue, in a small hotel in the Rue Thiroux, where Bill...
THE calmness with which Kicole returned to her room was not affected. Young, strong, full of an uncultivated self-confidence, she was blessed with that faculty so important for those who would govern where they love the faculty of forgetting ; and she could sleep after she had arranged with the l...
Yes, but that does not prevent its being necessary to watch that Madame Dubarry does not cause some scandal this evening.” ” On the contrary, it proves the necessity of such a measure.” ” Here is the maitre d’hotel ; hush ! give your orders to Eafte and join me in the dining-room with you know wh...