. Louvet: revolutionist & romance-writer . ter oflovely women. Santerre, and a detachment of hissoldiers in resplendent uniforms, mounted guard atthe door. A hush fell on the assembly as Mme. JulieCandeille opened the piano and ran her white fingersover the keys. And, as her glorious voice rang out,all present forgot the horrors of the last months todream those generous, impossible dreams for whichthey had fought and for which so many of them wereto lay down their lives. Suddenly there arose a sound of heavy footsteps inthe hall, and a moment later a squalid figure, in ashort jacket, showing a
. Louvet: revolutionist & romance-writer . ter oflovely women. Santerre, and a detachment of hissoldiers in resplendent uniforms, mounted guard atthe door. A hush fell on the assembly as Mme. JulieCandeille opened the piano and ran her white fingersover the keys. And, as her glorious voice rang out,all present forgot the horrors of the last months todream those generous, impossible dreams for whichthey had fought and for which so many of them wereto lay down their lives. Suddenly there arose a sound of heavy footsteps inthe hall, and a moment later a squalid figure, in ashort jacket, showing a dirty shirt open at the neck,strode into the room. A red cotton handkerchiefknotted carelessly about his head allowed a few wispsof lank hair to fall in greasy disorder on his face was livid, and the small yellow eyes lookedlike live coals which had burnt for themselves twogreat holes in the discoloured parchment of his by two men almost as noisome as him-self, he planted himself before Dumouriez. 90 <s^. From an engraving by Henry Meyer, after a painting by J. P. Davis. TALMA. I To face pns,e 90. LOUVET Are you the man called Marat ? inquired theGeneral. Without deigning to answer the question, Maratsaid : Citizen General, we, the Citizens Bentabole,Montault, and Marat, all members of the Conven-tion, have come in the name of the Society of theFriends of Liberty and Equality to demand of youan explanation of your action with regard to theR6publique and Mauconseil battalions. A few weeks before leaving the frontier, Dumouriezhad degraded the battalions in question for havingseized and murdered four deserters from the emigreswho had escaped to the French lines and asked to bereceived into the army. On being assured of their repentance by theirdelivering up the ringleaders, the General had forgiventhem, and the battalions had already wiped out theirdisgrace on the field of battle and regained the confi-dence of Dumouriez. I have placed aU the do
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