For this reason he was allowed to remain syndic-attorney as a tool and servant .-- Beaulieu, "Essais sur la Revolution Francaise," III.454.

"Rossignal boasted of having committed this assassination himself."] [Footnote 2675: "Pieces interessantes pour l'histoire," by Petion, 1793.
"I desired the insurrection, but I trembled for fear that it might not succeed.

My position was a critical one.

I had to do my duty as a citizen without sacrificing that of a magistrate; externals had to be preserved without derogating from forms.

The plan was to confine me in my own house; but they forgot or delayed to carry this out.