[Footnote 1430: "Procédure Criminelle du Châtelet." Depositions 88, 110,
120, 126, 127, 140, 146, 148.--Marmontel, "Mémoires," a conversation
with Champfort, in May, 1789.--Morellet, "Mémoires," I. 398. (According
to the evidence of Garat, Champfort gave all his savings, 3,000 livres,
to defray the expenses of maneuvers of this description.)--Malouet
(II. 2). knew four of the deputies "who took direct part in this
conspiracy."]
[Footnote 1431: "Procédure Criminelle du Châtelet." 1st. On the Flemish
soldiers. Depositions 17, 20, 24, 35, 87, 89, 98.--2nd. On the men
disguised as women. Depositions 5, 10, 14, 44, 49, 59, 60, 110,
120, 139, 145, 146, 148. The prosecutor designates six of them to
be seized.--3rd. On the condition of the women of the expedition.
Depositions 35, 83, 91, 98, 146, and 24.--4th. On the money distributed.
Depositions 49, 56, 71, 82, 110, 126.]
[Footnote 1432: "Procédure Criminelle du Châtelet." Deposition 61.
"During the night scenes, not very decent, occurred among these people,
which the witness thought it useless to relate."]
[Footnote 1433: "Procédure Criminelle du Châtelet." Depositions 35, 44,
81.--Buchez and Roux, III. 120. (Minutes of the meeting of the Commune,
October 5th.) Journal de Paris, October 12th. A few days after, M. Pic,
clerk of the prosecutor, brought "a package of 100,000 francs which he
had saved from the enemies' hands," and another package of notes was
found thrown, in the hubbub, into a receipt-box.]
[Footnote 1434: "Procédure Criminelle du Châtelet." Depositions 61,
77, 81, 148, 154.--Dumont, 181.--Mounier, "Exposé justificatif," and
specially "Fait relatif à la dernière insurrection."]
[Footnote 1435: "Procédure Criminelle du Châtelet." Deposition 168. The
witness sees on leaving the King's apartment "several women dressed as
fish-wives, one of whom, with a pretty face, has a paper in her hand,
and who exclaims as she holds it up, 'He! F..., we have forced the guy
to sign.' "]
[Footnote 1436: "Procédure Criminelle du Châtelet." Depositions 89, 91,
98. "Promising all, even raising their petticoats before them."]
[Footnote 1437: "Procédure Criminelle du Châtelet," Depositions 9, 20,
24, 30, 49, 61, 82, 115, 149, 155.]
[Footnote 1438: Procédure criminelle du Châtelet." Depositions 7, 30,
35, 40.--Cf. Lafayette, "Mémoires," and Madame Campan, "Mémoires."]
[Footnote 1439: "Procédure Criminelle du Châtelet." Deposition 24.
A number of butcher-boys run after the carriages issuing from the
Petite-Ecurie shouting out, "Don't let the curs escape!"]
[Footnote 1440: "Procédure Criminelle du Châtelet." Depositions 101, 91,
89, and 17. M. de Miomandre, a body-guard, mildly says to the ruffians
mounting the staircase: "My friends, you love your King, and yet you
come to annoy him even in his palace!"]
[Footnote 1441: Malouet, II. 2. "I felt no distrust," says Lafayette in
1798; "the people promised to remain quiet."]
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