Everywhere else I found a population as quiet as if nothing had happened.

Inside the city the people scarcely manifested any surprise; dancing went on in the public gardens.

In the Marais, where I lived then, there was only a suspicion of the occurrence, the same as at Saint-Germain; it was said that something was going on in Paris, and the evening newspaper was impatiently looked for to know what it was."] [Footnote 26122: Moore, I.122 .-- The same thing is observable at other crises in the Revolution.

On the 6th of October, 1789 (Sainte-Beuve, "Causeries du Lundi," XII.

461), Senac de Meilhan at an evening reception hears the following conversations: "'Did you see the king pass ?' asks one.