The general, however, was on the alert, and as soon as the shouts arose inside the gens d'armes entered the church and arrested those who had caused the disturbance.
The crowds tried to rescue them on their way to prison, but the general appeared at the head of imposing forces, at the sight of which they desisted.

An apparent cam succeeded the tumult, and the public worship went on without further interruption.
The general, misled by appearances, went off himself to attend a military mass, and at eleven o'clock returned to his quarters for lunch.
His absence was immediately perceived and taken advantage of.

In the twinkling of an eye, the crowds, which had dispersed, gathered together in even greater numbers and the Protestants, seeing themselves once more in danger, shut the doors from within, while the gens d'armes guarded them without.

The populace pressed so closely round the gens d'armes, and assumed such a threatening attitude, that fearing he and his men would not be able to hold their own in such a throng, the captain ordered M.Delbose, one of his officers, to ride off and warn the general.

He forced his way through the crowd with great trouble, and went off at a gallop.