They all raised their guns and took aim at the marshal, who thereupon ordered the postillion to drive back.

The order was obeyed, but when the carriage had gone about fifty yards it was met by the crowd from the "Palais Royal," which had followed it, so the postillion stopped.

In a moment the traces were cut, whereupon the marshal, opening the door, alighted, followed by his valet, and passing on foot through the Loulle gate, followed by a second carriage in which were his aides-de-camp, he regained the "Palais Royal," the doors of which were opened to him and his suite, and immediately secured against all others.
The marshal asked to be shown to a room, and M.Moulin gave him No.

1, to the front.

In ten minutes three thousand people filled the square; it was as if the population sprang up from the ground.