"Beware!" shouted M. Chevalier, editor of the Historical Library. "Beware how you make the Count of Paris King! A provisional government we must first have!"
"What right have you to speak?" shouted a man. "You are not a deputy!"
"In the name of the people, silence!" roared a terrific voice that drowned every other.
It was the voice of Ledru Rollin.
Many of the deputies now withdrew, and their places were filled by the people. The Duchess of Orléans sat calmly amid the uproar, and the Duke of Nemours with equal calmness stood behind her chair.
"The throne has been tumbled from the windows of the Tuileries and is now burning in the Place de la Bastille!" cried M. Dumoulin, who commanded the Hôtel de Ville in July of '30, displaying the tri-color flag.
"No more Bourbons! Down with the Bourbons! Down with the traitors! A provisional government!" shouted the people.
"Aye, a Republic!" cried M. Chevalier.
Crémieux, Ledru Rollin and Lamartine were at the same time in the tribune.
"In the name of the people, silence!" again roared the awful voice of Ledru Rollin.