They selected these as a temporary prison.
One of the commanders insolently pointed out with his sword the arrested Representatives to the passers-by, and said in a fond voice, "These are the Whites, we have orders to spare them.

Now it is the turn of the Red Representatives, let them look out for themselves!" Wherever the procession passed, the populace shouted from the pavements, at the doors, at the windows, "Long live the National Assembly!" When they perceived a few Representatives of the Left sprinkled in the column they cried, "Vive la Republique!" "Vive la Constitution!" and "Vive la Loi!" The shops were not shut, and passers-by went to and fro.

Some people said, "Wait until the evening; this is not the end of it." A staff-officer on horseback, in full uniform, met the procession, recognized M.de Vatimesnil, and came up to greet him.

In the Rue de Beaune, as they passed the house of the _Democratic Pacifique_ a group shouted, "Down with the Traitor of the Elysee!" On the Quai d'Orsay, the shouting was redoubled.

There was a great crowd there.