end of the fourth act a
lugubrious bell announces the moment of the massacre, and the audience,
drawing in its breath sighing and groaning, furiously exclaims silence!
silence! as if fearing that the sound of this death-knell had not
stirred the heart to its very depths."--"Revolutions de Paris," number
for June 23, 1792. "The speakers, under full sail, distributed their
parts amongst themselves," one against the staffs, another against
priests, another against judges, department, and the ministers, and
especially the king. "Some there are, and we agree in this with the
sieur Delfaux, who pass the measure and advise murder through gestures,
eyes, and speech."]

[Footnote 2531: Mortimer-Ternaux, I. 133.--There is the same calculation
and the same work-shop in the faubourg Saints-Marcel (report of
Saint-Prix, commandant of the Val-de-Grace battalion). "Minds remained
tranquil until a club was opened at the Porte Saint-Marcel; now they
are all excited and divided. This dub, which is in contact with that of
Santerre, urges citizens to go armed to-morrow (June 20) to the National
Assembly and to the king's Palace, notwithstanding the acts of the
constituted authorities."]

[Footnote 2532: Mortimer-Ternaux, I. 136. This program is first
presented to the council-general of the commune by Lazowski and nine
others (June 16). The council-general rejects it and refers to the law.
"The petitioners, on learning this decision, loudly declare that it
shall not prevent them from assembling in arms" (Buchez et Roux, XV.
120, official report by M. Borie).--The bibliography of documents
relating to the 20th of June is given by Mortimer-Ternaux, I. 397 and
following pages. The principal documents are found in Mortimer-Ternaux,
in "L'Histoire Parlementaire" of Buchez et Roux, and in the Revue
Retrospective.]

[Footnote 2533: "Correspondance de Mirabeau et M. de la Marck," III.
319. Letter of the Count de Montmorin, June 21, 1792. "The Paris bandits
not being sufficient, they have invited in these of the neighboring
villages."]

[Footnote 2534: Reports of the municipal officers Perron (7 o'clock
in the morning), Sergent (8 o'clock), Mouchet, Gujard, and Thomas (9
o'clock).]

[Footnote 2535: Report of Saint Prix, commandant of the Val-de-Grace
battalion (10 o'clock In the morning).--Report of Alexandre, commanding
the Saint-Marcel battalion. "The whole battalion was by no means ready
to march."--Official report of the Montreuil sectio