Versailles, by the orders of the civil authority of Paris, for the
purpose of peace and protection, expressing at the same time the
necessity of restraining the Garde du Corps from firing upon the
people.*[3]

He arrived at Versailles between ten and eleven at night. The Garde
du Corps was drawn up, and the people had arrived some time before,
but everything had remained suspended. Wisdom and policy now
consisted in changing a scene of danger into a happy event. M. de la
Fayette became the mediator between the enraged parties; and the
King, to remove the uneasiness which had arisen from the delay
already stated, sent for the President of the National Assembly, and
signed the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and such other parts of
the constitution as were in readiness.

It was now about one in the morning. Everything appeared to be
composed, and a general congratulation took place. By the beat of a
drum a proclamation was made that the citizens of Versailles would
give the hospitality of their houses to their fellow-citizens of
Paris. Those who could not be accommodated in this manner remained in
the streets, or took up their quarters in the churches; and at two
o'clock the King and Queen retired.

In this state matters passed till the break of day, when a fresh
disturbance arose from the censurable conduct of some of both
parties, for such characters there will be in all such scenes. One of
the Garde du Corps appeared at one of the windows of the palace, and
the people who had remained during the night in the streets accosted
him with reviling and provocative language. Instead of retiring, as
in such a case prudence would have dictated, he presented his musket,