oath! . . . . Why should this moment be selected by one of our
number to dishonor himself? His name is now blasted throughout
France. And the unfortunate man has children! Suddenly overwhelmed
by public contempt he leaves, and falls fainting at the door,
exclaiming, 'Ah! this will be my death!' I do not know what has
become of him since. What is strange is, he had not behaved badly
up to that time, and he voted for the Constitution."

[28] De Ferrières, I. 168. - Malouet, I. 298 (according to him
the faction did not number more than ten members), -- idem II. 10.
- Dumont, 250.

[29] "Convention nationale" governed France from 21st September 1792
until Oct. 26th 1796. We distinguish between three different
assemblies, "la Convention Girondine" 1792-93, "the Mountain," 1793-
94 and "la Thermidorienne, from 1794-1795. (SR).

[30] Declaration of June 23rd, article 15.

[31] Montjoie, 2nd part, 118. -- C. Desmoulins, letters of June
24th and the following days. A faithful narrative by M. de Sainte-
Fère, formerly an officer in the French Guard, p.9. -- De Bezenval,
III, 413. - Buchez and Roux, II. 35. -- "Souvenirs", by PASQUIER
(Etienne-Dennis, duc), chancelier de France. in VI volumes,
Librarie Plon, Paris 1893..

[32] Peuchet ("Encyclopédie Méthodique," 1789, quoted by Parent
Duchâtelet): "Almost all of the soldiers of the Guard belong to that
class (the procurers of public women): many, indeed, only enlist in
the corps that they may live at the expense of these unfortunates."