General, I confide to you the guardianship of the Luxembourg.

The tranquillity of Paris and the welfare of the Republic are in your hands." And without waiting for a reply he put his horse to a gallop, and rode off to the opposite end of the line.
Moreau, led by military ambition, had consented to play a part in this great drama; he was now forced to accept that which the author assigned him.

On returning to the Louvre, Gohier and Moulins found nothing changed apparently.

All the sentries were at their posts.

They retired to one of the salons of the presidency to consult together.