de Bussy. - Nevertheless, on reaching home,
he writes to the municipal authorities clearly setting forth the
motive of his coming, and demands an explanation of the treatment he
had received. Mayor Perron throws aside his letter without reading
it, and, on the following day, on leaving the mass, the National
Guards come, by way of menace, to load their guns in sight of M. de
Bussy, round his garden. - A few days after this, at the instigation
of Bailly, two other proprietors in the neighborhood are
assassinated in their houses. Finally, on a journey to Lyons, M. de
Bussy learns "that the chateaux in Poitou are again in flames, and
that the work is to begin again everywhere." - Alarmed at all
these indications, "he resolves to form a company of volunteers,
which, taking up their quarters in his chateau, can serve the whole
canton on a legal requisition." He thinks that about fifteen brave
men will be sufficient. He has already six men with him in the
month of October, 1790; green coats are ordered for them, and
buttons are bought for the uniform.
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