He told me that he had been a stone-cutter before he became a justice, having taken this office on patriotic grounds.

He wanted to draw up a statement and give me a guard of two gendarmes; he did not know how, so I dictated to him what to say; but my patience was severely taxed by his incredibly slow writing."] [Footnote 3305: Decrees of July 6, Aug.

15 and 20, Sept.

26, 1792.] [Footnote 3306: Decree of Nov.

1, 1792 .-- Albert Babeau, II.