Lequinio, Laignelot and Lebon invite the
executioner to dine with them;[157] Monestier, "with his cut-throats,
is going himself in search of prisoners in the dungeons, so that he
may accompany them to the Tribunal and overwhelm them with charges, if
they are disposed to defend themselves; after their condemnation, he
attends in uniform" at their execution.[158] Fouch?, lorgnette in
hand, looks out of his window upon a butchery of two hundred and ten
Lyonnese. Collot, Laporte and Fouch? feast together in a large
company on the days when executions by shooting takes place, and, at
each discharge, stand up and cheer lustily, waving their hats.[159]
At Toulon, Fr?ron, in person, orders and sees executed, the first
grand massacre on the Champ de Mars.[160] - On the Place d'Arras, M.
de Vielfort, already tied and stretched out on the plank, awaits the
fall of the knife. Lebon appears on the balcony of the theatre, makes
a sign to the executioner to stop, opens the newspaper, and, in a loud
voice, reads off the recent successes of the French armies; then,
turning to the condemned man, exclaims: "Go, wretch, and take the news
of our victories to your brethren.
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