so as to allow the crowd to pass out by
the small staircase into the Court of the Princes. Louis XVI.
overheard this question. "I have had the apartments opened," said he;
"the people, marching out on the gallery side, will like to see them."
A sentiment of curiosity hastened the movements of the crowd. In order
to go out, they had to pass through the State Bedchamber, the Grand
Cabinet, and the Gallery of Diana. Sergent, standing in front of the
door, leading from the OEil-de-Boeuf to the State Bedchamber, unfastens
his scarf and waving it over his head, cries: "Citizens, this is the
badge of the law; in its name we invite you to retire and follow us."
Petion says: "The people have done what they ought to do. You have
acted with the pride and dignity of freemen. But there has been enough
of it; let all retire." A double row of National Guards is formed, and
the people pass between them. The return march begins. A few
recalcitrants want to remain, and keep up a cry of "Down with the veto!
Recall the ministers!" But they are swept on by the stream, and follow
the march like all the rest. While they are going out through the door
between the OEil-de-Boeuf and the State {208} Bed-chamber, the National
Guard prevents any one from entering on the other side, through the
door connecting the OEil-de-Boeuf with the Hall of the Guards.

At this moment, a deputation of twenty-four members of the Assembly
present themselves. Roused by the public clamor announcing that the
King's life is in danger, the National Assembly has called an
extraordinary evening session. The president of the deputation, M.
Brunk, says to the King: "Sire, the National Assembly sends us to
assure ourselves of your situation, to protect the constitutional
liberty you should enjoy, and to share your danger." Louis XVI.
replies: "I am grateful for the solicitude of the Assembly; I am
undisturbed in the midst of Frenchmen." At the same time, Petion goes
to turn back the crowd, who are constantly ascending the great
staircase, and who threaten another invasion. The sentry at the
doorway of the OEil-de-Boeuf is replaced, and the crowd ceases to flock
thither. The circle of National Guards about the sovereign is
increased. A space is formed, and he is surrounded by the deputation
from the Assembly. Acloque, seeing that the tumult is lessening and
the room no longer encumbered by the crowd, proposes to the King that
he should retire, and Louis X