ulnie.) According to Saulnie he dined
regularly twice a week at No 6 rue Serpente, with one Demay, calling
himself a lawyer and living with a woman named Martin. In this
death-trap, in the middle of orgies, the freedom or death of those
in prison was bargained for in money with impunity. One head alone,
belonging to the house of Boufflers, escaping the scaffold through the
intrigues of these vampires, was worth to them thirty thousand livres,
of which one thousand were paid down and a bond given for the rest,
payable on being set at liberty.--Morellet, "Memoires," II., 32. The
agent of Mesdames de Bouffiers was Abbe Chevalier, who had formerly
known Fouquier-Tinville in the office of a procureur an Parliament
and who, renewing the acquaintance, came and drank with Fouquier. "He
succeeded in having the papers of the ladies Bouffiers, which were
ready to be sent to the Tribunal, placed at the bottom of the
file."--Mallet-Dupan, " Memoires," II., 495. "Fouquier-Tinville received
a pension of one thousand crowns a month from Mesdames de Bouffiers; the
ransom increased one quarter each month on account of the atrocity of
the circumstances. This method saved these ladies, whilst those who paid
a sum in gross lost their lives... It was Du Vaucel, fermier-general,
who saved the Princess of Tarente....for five hundred louis, after
having saved two other ladies for three hundred louis, given to one of
the Jacobin leaders."]

[Footnote 33120: "Tableau des Prisons de Toulouse," 324. Coudert, of
the Municipal Council, shoemaker, charged with the duty of taking
silver-plate from the accused, did not know how, or was unwilling, to
draw up any other than an irregular and valueless proces-verbal. On
this, an accused party objected and refused to sign. "Take care, you,"
exclaims Coudert in a rage, "with your damned cleverness, you are
playing the stubborn. You are nothing but a bloody fool! You are
getting into a bad box! If you don't sign, I'll have you guillotined."
Frequently, there are no papers at all. (De Martel, "Fouche," p.236.
Memorial by the authorities of Allier, addressed to the Convention,
document 9.) October 30, 1793. Order of the revolutionary committee
enjoining nocturnal visits in all "suspect" houses in Moulins, to remove
all gold, silver and copper. "Eleven parties are made up.. .. each to
visit eight or ten houses. Each band is headed by one of the
committee, with one municipal officer, accompanied by locksmiths and