Moulin made him leave No.

1 for No.

3, which, being a back room and looking out on the courtyard, seemed to offer more chances of safety than the other.

The marshal asked for writing materials, which Moulin brought, whereupon the marshal sat down at a little table and began to write.
Just then the cries outside became still more uproarious.

M.de Saint-Chamans had gone out and ordered the crowd to disperse, whereupon a thousand people had answered him with one voice, asking who he was that he should give such an order.