e 3397: Schmidt, II.12 (Dutard, June 7): "During a few days
past I have seen men from Neuilly, Versailles, and Saint-Germain staying
here, attracted by the scent."]

[Footnote 3398: Schmidt, I.254 (Dutard, May 19).--At this date robbers
swarm in Paris; Mayor Chambon, in his report to the Convention, himself
admits it (Moniteur, XV. 67, session of Jan. 5, 1793).]

[Footnote 3399: De Concourt, "La Societe Francaise pendant 'a
Revolution." (According to the "Courrier de l'Egalite," Jul. 1793).]

[Footnote 33100: Buzot, 72.]

[Footnote 33101: Moore, Nov.10, 1792 (according to an article in the
Chronique de Paris). 'The day Robespierre made his "apology," "the
galleries contained from seven to eight hundred women, and two hundred
men at most. Robespierre is a priest who has his congregation of
devotees."----Mortimer-Ternaux, VII. 562 (letter of the deputy Michel,
May 20, 1793): "Two or three thousand women, organized and drilled
by the Fraternal Society in session at the Jacobin Club, began their
uproar. which lasted until 6 o'clock, when the house adjourned. Most of
these creatures are prostitutes."]

[Footnote 33102: An expression of Gadol's in his letter to Roland.]

[Footnote 33103: Buzot, 57.]

[Footnote 33104: Buchez et Roux, XXVIII. 80 (Letter of Gadolle to
Roland).]

[Footnote 33105: Beaulieu, "Essais," I. 108 (an eye-witness).--Schmidt,
II. 15. Report by Perrieres, June 8.]

[Footnote 33106: Beaulieu, "Essais," I. 100. "Maillard died, his stomach
eaten away by brandy" (April 15, 1794).--Alexandre Sorel, "Stanislas
Maillard," pp. 32 to 42. Report of Fabre d'Eglantine on Maillard, Dec.
17, 1793. A decree subjecting him to indictment along with Ronsin and
Vincent, Maillard publishes his apology, in which we see that he was
already active in the Rue Favart before the 31st of May. "I am one of
the members of that meeting of true patriots and I am proud of it, for
it is there that the spark of that sacred insurrection of the 31st of
May was kindled."]

[Footnote 33107: Alexandre Sorel, ibid. (denunciation of the
circumstance by Lecointre, Dec.14, 1793 accompanied with official
reports of the justices).--"Archives Nationales," F7, 3268 (letter of
the directory of Corbeil to the Minister, with official report, Nov.
28,1792). On the 26th of November eight or ten armed men, foot-soldiers,
and others on horseback, entered the farm-house of a man named Ruelle,
in the commune of Lisse. They dealt him two blows with t