The things we do!

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[47] Narrative of the commander of the thirty-two Swiss. --
Narrative of Cholat, wine-dealer, one of the victors. --
Examination of Desnot (who cut off the head of M. de Launay).
[48] Montjoie, part 3, 85. -- Dusaulx, 355, 287, 368.
[49] Nothing more. No Witness states that he had seen the pretended
note to M. do Launay. According to Dusaulx, he could not have had
either the time or the means to write it.
[50] Bailly, II. 32, 74, 88, 90, 95, 108, 117, 137, 158, 174. "I
gave orders which were neither obeyed nor listened to. . . .
They gave me to understand that I was not safe." (July 15th.) "In
these sad times one enemy and one calumnious report sufficed to
excite the multitude. All who had formerly held power, all who had
annoyed or restrained the insurrectionists, were sure of being
arrested."
[51] M. de Lafayette, "M?moires," III. 264. Letter of July 16th,
1789. "I have already saved the lives of six persons whom they were
hanging in different quarters.


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