[Footnote 128: Michelet, vol. i., p. 116. "In the middle of the night Bailly was called up and privately informed that Necker disapproved of the measures adopted, and that he would not attend the sitting, and would probably be dismissed. It had been settled between Bailly and the Assembly that no reply should be made to the king whatever he might say to them. It was afterward intimated to Bailly by the king, that he wished no reply to be made. And under these most unfortunate circumstances the royal sitting opened."--_Lectures on the French Revolution, by William Smyth_, vol. i., p. 269.] [Footnote 129: Michelet, vol. i., p. 118.] [Footnote 130: Thiers, _Fr. Rev._, vol. i., p. 51.] [Footnote 131: Bailly's Mem., vol. i., p. 252, 257, 260.] [Footnote 132: For abundant proof of the conspiracy, see Memoirs of Marmontel, a man of letters and of elegant attainments, who resided in Paris at this time.] [Footnote 133: "Before the Revolution the number of noble families in France did not exceed 17,500. Reckoning five individuals to a family there might have been about 90,000 nobles. The disasters of the Revolution must have reduced them to less than 40,000."-_-L'Europe après le Congrès d'Aix la Chapelle, by Abbé de Pradt, note at the end of_ chap. ix.] CHAPTER XII. THE TUMULT IN PARIS. Marshal Broglie.--Gatherings at the Palais Royal.--Disaffection of the Soldiers.--Imprisonment and Rescue.--Fraternization.--Petition to the Assembly.--Wishes of the Patriots.--Movement of the Troops.--Speech of Mirabeau.--New Menaces.--Declaration of Rights.--Dismissal of Necker.--Commotion in Paris.--Camille Desmoulins.--The French Guards join the People.--Terror in Paris.--Character of the King.