The history of the French revolution; . t might more properly be called a small poniard, he plungedit into his heart, and, drawing it out again, gave it to Goujon, who in like manner, passed itto Duquesnoi. All three fell dead instantly, without uttering a groan. The weapon ofdeliverance, transmitted to Soubrany by the trembUng hands of Duquesnoi, found its wayto the noble hearts of the rest; but they were not so fortunate as their three friends. Griev-ously wounded, but yet alive, they fell at the foot of the scaffold, which the executioner madethem ascend, bleeding and mutilated as they were
The history of the French revolution; . t might more properly be called a small poniard, he plungedit into his heart, and, drawing it out again, gave it to Goujon, who in like manner, passed itto Duquesnoi. All three fell dead instantly, without uttering a groan. The weapon ofdeliverance, transmitted to Soubrany by the trembUng hands of Duquesnoi, found its wayto the noble hearts of the rest; but they were not so fortunate as their three friends. Griev-ously wounded, but yet alive, they fell at the foot of the scaffold, which the executioner madethem ascend, bleeding and mutilated as they were. Such barbarity would scarcely have beencommitted by savages. My brother stood so near to Romme, to whom he wished to addressa few words of friendship and consolation, that the blood of the unfortunate man spoutid onhim. Yes, my brothers coat was stained with the scarcely cold blood of a man who, only afew days before, was seated in the very chamber, perhaps la the very chaii, in which Albert•vas then sittinf—Duchess dAbrantes. FRENCH REVOLUTION. 271 Dng; as they had not possession of the edifices in which they had been accu-oraed to celebrate its ceremonies. The financial discussions interrupted by the events of Prairial were stilldie most urgent and the most arduous. The Assembly had resumed them,as soon as tranquillity was restored. It had anew decreed that there shouhlbe but one sort of bread, to deprive the lower classes of an occasion to censure the luxury of the rich; it had also ordered statements of the quantitjof corn in the country, to secure the surplus of each department for the supplyof the armies and great communes ; lastly, it had repealed the decree peimitting the free traffic in gold and silver. Thus the pressure of circumstanceshad brought it back to some of those revolutionary measures which had beenso violently attacked. Jobbing had been carried to the highest pitch olmania. There were no longer bakers, butchers, grocers, following theirdistinct tr
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