Very well; there is not one of them who would not accept death at the king's feet."-- On the 23d of June, 1791, at the news of the king's arrest at Varennes, "the Bois de Boulogne and the Champs Elysees were filled with people talking in a frivolous way about the most serious matters, while young men are seen, pronouncing sentences of death in their frolics with courtesans." (Mercure de France, July 9, 1791.

It begins with a little piece entitled Depit d'un Amant.)--See ch.XI.for the sentiment of the population in May and June, 1793.] [Footnote 26123: Moniteur, XIII.

290 (July 29) and 278 (July 30).] [Footnote 26124: "Archives Nationales," F7, 145.

Letter of Santerre to the Minister of the Interior, Sept.

16, 1792, with the daily list of all the men that have left Paris between the3rd and 15th of September, the total amounting to 18,635, of which 15,504 are volunteers.