He was the leading orator in that Assembly which held the fate of the monarch in his house.

He was the favourite of that people whom he controlled by a gesture, and whose fury he averted during the long journey between the throne and death.

The queen had placed her son, the young dauphin, between his knees.

Barnave's fingers had played with the fair hair of the child.

The king, the queen, Madame Elizabeth, had distinguished, with tact, Barnave from the inflexible and brutal Petion.
They had conversed with him as to their situation: they complained of having been deceived as to the nature of the public mind in France.