Volume 2 (of 6) 49/54 We were not long in perceiving that a considerable part of the galleries was under pay, and that the scenes of cruelty which gave pain to us were joy to them. I cannot express the horror I felt on hearing those women, since called tricoteuses, take a delight in the already homicidal doctrines of Robespierre, enjoying his sharp voice and feasting their eyes on his ugly face, the living type of envy." (The first months of 1790.)] [Footnote 2137: Moniteur, V.237 (July 26, 1790); V.594. (September 8, 1790); V.631 (September 12, 1790); VI. (Letter of the Abbe Peretti.)] [Footnote 2138: De Ferrieres, II. |