. Robespierre and the French revolution. ated a shortdistance from Paris, was undergoing some re-pairs and the rumor M^as started that the royal-ists were converting it into a veritable Bastileand putting it in condition to withstand a was also rumored that a subterranean passagehad been constructed leading from the Tuileriesto the fortress and that the royal family would,by means of this exit, escape from the startling reports, it is believed, were putinto circulation by the adherents and supportersof the Duke of Orleans. A large mob gathered in the faubourg SaintAntoin
. Robespierre and the French revolution. ated a shortdistance from Paris, was undergoing some re-pairs and the rumor M^as started that the royal-ists were converting it into a veritable Bastileand putting it in condition to withstand a was also rumored that a subterranean passagehad been constructed leading from the Tuileriesto the fortress and that the royal family would,by means of this exit, escape from the startling reports, it is believed, were putinto circulation by the adherents and supportersof the Duke of Orleans. A large mob gathered in the faubourg SaintAntoine and, after being addressed by Theroignede Mericourt, marched out under the leadershipof Santerre towards Vincennes; but it was over-taken by La Fayette at the head of the NationalGuard and, after some persuasion, was turnedback from its purpose. During the absence of La Fayette from the city, a number of nobles who still remained in Paris, believing the king was in danger, flocked to the Tuileries and offered their services to his 148. THKROKiXE DE MEKUdlKT From an engraving in the collection of William J. I-atta, a iiainting by Kaffet THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Majesty. It was discovered by the soldiers onguard at the palace that weapons were concealedunder the cloaks of the noblemen, and it wasthis fact that gave the episode the designation, Day of the Daggers. The presence of the nobles and the report thatthey were armed greatly alarmed and exasperatedthe people, and they were wrought up to fury bythe wild appeals of Theroigne de Mericourt, who,as usual, appeared upon the scene of tumult. La Fayette, upon his return, indignant andangry at the imprudent conduct of the kingsfriends, deprived them of their arms and orderedthem unceremoniously out of the palace, much totheir chagrin and mortification; and this sum-mary and decisive action upon the part of the gen-eral at once quieted the public clamor. Theroigne (or Lambertine) de Mericourt, whothus played a not inconspic
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