The things we do!

On the other hand, as they are obliged to indemnify the
butchers and bakers, Toulon, for instance, incurs a debt of 2,500
livres a day.
In this state of disorder, woe to those who are under suspicion of
having contributed, directly or indirectly, to the evils, which the
people endure! At Toulon a demand is made for the head of the mayor,
who signs the tax-list, and of the keeper of the records. They are
trodden under foot, and their houses are ransacked. At Manosque,
the Bishop of Sisteron, who is visiting the seminary, is accused of
favoring a monopolist. On his way to his carriage, on foot, he is
hooted and menaced. He is first pelted with mud, and then with
stones. The consuls in attendance, and the sub-delegate, who come
to his assistance, are mauled and repulsed. Meanwhile, some of the
most furious begin, before his eyes, "to dig a ditch to bury him
in." Protected by five or six brave fellows, amidst a volley of
stones, and wounded on the head and on many parts of his body, he
succeeds in reaching his carriage.


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