- Nevertheless M. de Chaponay
submits; he merely requests the municipal officers to make the
search themselves and in an orderly manner. Upon this the
commandant of the National Guard of Lucenay exclaims, with some
irritation, that "all are equal and all must go in," and at the same
moment all rush forward. "M. de Chaponay orders the apartments to
be opened; they immediately shut them up, purposely to let the
sappers break through the doors with their axes." - Everything is
pillaged, "plate, assignats, stocks of linen, laces and other
articles; the trees of the avenues are hacked and mutilated; the
cellars are emptied, the casks are rolled out on the terrace, the
wine is suffered to run out, and the chateau keep is demolished. .
. . The officers urge on those that are laggard." Towards nine
o'clock in the evening M. de Chaponay is informed by his servants
that the municipal authorities have determined upon forcing him to
sign an abandonment of his feudal dues and afterwards beheading him.
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