Their pride was flattered in raising the woman whom they had degraded.

Mirabeau, Barnave, Danton had in turns sold or offered to sell the influence of their popularity.

Santerre merely offered his compassion.
XXIII.
The Assembly had again resumed its sitting on the news of the invasion of the Chateau.

A deputation of twenty-four members was sent as a safeguard for the king.

Arriving too late, these deputies wandered in the crowded court-yard, vestibules, and staircases of the palace.
Although they felt repugnance at the idea of the last crime being committed on the person of the king, they were not very grievously afflicted in their hearts at this long-threatened insult to the court.
Their steps were lost in the crowd, their words in the uproar.