So I went on, followed by a detachment of the Guienne regiment, part of the first company of the legion, and several dragoons; a young man with fixed bayonet kept always at my side.

Rage was depicted on the faces of all those who accompanied me, and they indulged in oaths and threats, to which I paid no attention.
"In passing through the rue des Greffes they complained that I did not carry the red flag high enough nor unfurl it fully.

When we got to the guardhouse at the Crown Gate, the guard turned out, and the officer was commanded to follow us with his men.

He replied that he could not do that without a written order from a member of the Town Council.
Thereupon those around me told me I must write such an order, but I asked for a pen and ink; everybody was furious because I had none with me.

So offensive were the remarks indulged in by the volunteers and some soldiers of the Guienne regiment, and so threatening their gestures, that I grew alarmed.