(June, 1794. Wallon, IV.,
352.)
[160] Moniteur, XVIII., 663. (Session of Frimaire 24, report by
Lecointre.) "The communes of Thieux, Jully and many others were
victims to their brigandage." - "The stupor in the country is such
that the poor sufferers dare not complain of these vexations because,
they say, they are only too lucky to have escaped with their lives." -
This time, however, these public brigands made a mistake. Gibbon's
son happens to be Lecointre's tenant farmer. Moreover, it is only
accidentally that he mentions the circumstance to his landlord; "he
came to see him for another purpose." - Cf. "The Revolution," vol.
II., 302. (There is a similar scene in the house of one Ruelle, a
farmer, in the commune of Lisse.)
[161] Passim Alfred Lallier, "Le sans-culotte Goullin." - Wallon,
"Histoire du Tribunal r?volutionnaire de Paris," V., 368. (Deposition
of Lacaille.) - In addition to this, the most extraordinary monsters
are met with in other administrative bodies, for example, in Nantes, a
Jean d'H?ron, tailor, who becomes inspector of military stores.
"After the rout at Clisson, says the woman Laillet, he appeared in the
popular club with a brigand's ear attached to his hat by way of
cockade.
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