The crowd rushed there.

It was much that the Virgin should weep; but a rumor spread at the same time that brought the excitement to a climax.

A large coffer, tightly sealed, had been carried through the city; this chest had excited the curiosity of all Avignon.

What did it contain?
Two hours later it was no longer a coffer; but eighteen trunks had been seen going toward the Rhone.

As for their contents, a porter had revealed that; they contained articles from the Mont-de-Piete that the French party were taking with them into exile.