Unfortunately, the club thinks otherwise, and, on
August 23, 1791, prints and posts up a list of their names and
residences, declaring that since "their suspected opinions have
compelled them to abandon the rural districts," they are emigrants
in the interior;" from which it follows that "their conduct must be
scrupulously watched," because "it may be the effect of some
dangerous plot against the country." Fifteen are especially
designated; among others "the former cur? of Saint-Loup, the great
bloodhound of the aristocrats, and all of them very suspicious
persons, harboring the worst intentions." - Thus denounced and
singled out, it is evident that they can no longer sleep peacefully:
moreover, now that their addresses are published, they are openly
threatened with domiciliary visits and violence. As to the
administrative authorities, their intervention cannot be expected
on; the department itself gives notice to the minister that, as the
law stands, it cannot put the chateau in the hands of the
regulars,[19] as this would, it is said, excite the National Guard.
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