. " . . The crowd of supplicants melts away. One lady
alone dared present her petition. "Who are you?" She gives her name.
"What! You have the audacity to mention a traitor's name in this
place?" Get away and, giving her a push, he put her outside the door
with a kick.
[100] Ibid. A mass of evidence proves, on the contrary, that people
of every class gave their assistance, owing to which the fire was
almost immediately extinguished.
[101] Ibid. The popular club unanimously attests these facts, and
despatches six delegates to enter a protest at the convention. Up to
the 9th of Thermidor, no relief is granted, while the tax imposed by
Duquesnoy is collected. On the 5th Fructidor, year II., the order of
Duquesnoy is cancelled by the committee of Public Safety, but the
money is not paid back.
[102] Paris, I., 370. (Words of Duquesnoy to Lebon.)
[103] Carnot, "M?moires," I., 414. (Letter of Duquesnoy to the
central bureau of representatives at Arras.) The import of these
untranslatable profanities being sufficiently clear I let them stand
as in the original.-Tr.
[104] "Un Sejour en France," 158, 171. - Manuscript journal of Mallet
du Pan (January, 1795).
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