He said to me, 'You see a man in despair; I have lost all my friends; MM.

de Nemours, de la Rochefoucauld, and Clinchamps are wounded to death.' I consoled him a little by telling him that they were in better case than he supposed.

Then I went off to the Bastille, where I made them load the cannon which was trained right upon the city; and I gave orders to fire as soon as I had gone.

I went thence to the Porte St.Antoine.

The soldiers shouted, 'Let us do something that will astonish them; our retreat is secure; here is Mdlle.