Paris and its historical scenes . t was refused admittance. Leaving a secondnote, she retired, and came back between seven andeight oclock in the evening in a carriage; when, aftersome opposition from the attendants, she was calledin by order of Marat himself, whose attention hadbeen attracted by the noise. She found the deputym the bath. Having entered into conversation withhim, she had discoursed for some minutes on theproceedings of the refugees in Normandy, whenMarat remarked that in a few days he would haveevery man of them guillotined. The words wereno sooner uttered, than, drawing forth
Paris and its historical scenes . t was refused admittance. Leaving a secondnote, she retired, and came back between seven andeight oclock in the evening in a carriage; when, aftersome opposition from the attendants, she was calledin by order of Marat himself, whose attention hadbeen attracted by the noise. She found the deputym the bath. Having entered into conversation withhim, she had discoursed for some minutes on theproceedings of the refugees in Normandy, whenMarat remarked that in a few days he would haveevery man of them guillotined. The words wereno sooner uttered, than, drawing forth a long knifefrom under her robe, the female Brutus plunged itup to the haft in the body of him whom she believedto be the chief enemy and curse of her country. The cries of the wounded man instantly broughthis attendants into the apartment; and his murderess,seeing all chance of escape at an end, resigned her- PLACE LOUIS XV. 291 self into their hands, and was forthwith conducted tothe prison of the Abbaye, amidst the shouts and. Arrest of Charlotte Cordat/. From an Etching hy Duplessi-Bertcaux, inthe Tableau de la Revolution. execrations of a mob, consisting in great part of thevilest class of her own sex, who had assembledaround the house on the rumour of what had takenplace. Marat died in a few hours. Four membersof the Committee of Police and as many of that ofGeneral Security immediately proceeded to interro-gate Charlotte Corday respecting the crime she hadcommitted. Her answers to some of the questionsput to her by these persons depict forcibly the ener-getic and resolute character of the woman. She atonce admitted that it was she who had slain : asked what induced her to commit that assas-sination ? His crimes, she boldly replied. Was it apriest who had taken the oaths to thf constitution,they asked her, or one who had not, to whom you 2 c 2 292 PARIS. went to make confession at Caen ? I went, she an-swered, neither to one nor other. At another ques-tion, ra
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