d'Escayrac, in
Castel, appeal to all good citizens to march to the assistance of
the proprietors who may be attacked in this jacquerie, which is
spreading everywhere;[72] but there are too few proprietors in the
country, and none of the towns have too many of them for their own
protection. M. d'Escayrac, after a few skirmishes, abandoned by the
municipal officers of his village, and wounded, withdraws to the
house of the Comte de Clarac, a major-general, in Languedoc. Here,
too, the chateau, is surrounded,[73] blockaded, and besieged by the
local National Guard. M. de Clarac descends and tries to hold a
parley with the attacking party, and is fired upon. He goes back
inside and throws money out of the window; the money is gathered up,
and he is again fired upon. The chateau is set on fire, and M.
d'Escayrac receives five shots, and is killed. M. de Clarac, with
another person, having taken refuge in a subterranean vault, are
taken out almost stifled the next morning but one by the National
Guard of the vicinity, who conduct them to Toulouse, where they are
kept in prison and where the public prosecutor takes proceedings
against them.
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