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. The visit was made especially to an apartment in the third story, consisting of an ante-chamber and three rooms. One of these chambers was occupied by two females, a young girl, and a child of nine years old, all dressed in mourning. The elder of the females was about seven or eight and thirty. She was seated at a table reading. The second, whose age appeared twenty-eight or twenty- nine was engaged on a piece of tapestry. The young girl of fourteen years was seated near the child, who, ill and in bed, closed his eyes as if asleep, although that was utterly impossible, owing to the noise made by the municipals. While some moved the beds, others examined their clothes and linen ; the rest, when their search was concluded, remained rudely staring at the unfortunate prisoners, who never even raised their eyes, the one from her book, the other from her embroidery, and the third from her brother.
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