The things we do!

" -- On the false rumor that arms are concealed in the
Abbey of Montmartre, the abbess, Madame de Montmorency, is accused
of treachery, and twenty thousand persons invade the monastery. --
The commander of the National Guard and the mayor are constantly
expecting a riot; they hardly dare absent themselves a day to attend
the King f?te at Versailles. As soon as the multitude can assemble
in the streets, an explosion is imminent. "On rainy days," says
Bailly, "I was quite at my ease." -- It is under this constant
pressure that the Government is carried on; and the elect of the
people, the most esteemed magistrates, those who are in best repute,
are at the mercy of the throng who clamor at their doors. In the
district of St. Roch,[7] after many useless refusals, the General
Assembly, notwithstanding all the reproaches of its conscience and
the resistance of its reason, is obliged to open letters addressed
to Monsieur, to the Duke of Orleans, and to the Ministers of War, of
Foreign Affairs, and of the Marine.


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