The "bureau" did not "sit;" like the rest of the Assembly it was on its feet.

The secretaries, M.M.Chapot, Moulin, and Grimault wrote standing.

At certain moments the two Vice-Presidents mounted on the benches so as to be better seen from all points of the room.

The table was covered by an old green tablecloth, stained with ink, three or four inkstands had been brought in, and a quire of paper was scattered about.

There the decrees were written as soon as they were drawn up.