[87] e.g. that of the quarter of the Carmelites (ibid.).
[88] Révolutions de France et Brabant, No. 74.
[89] See his Collected Works, vol. xii. pp. 264, 265.
[90] M. Aulard points out an error in Condorcet’s own note (xii. p. 267), where it is mentioned as the 12th of July; but the Bouche de Fer of the 10th gives us the above date over these two speeches.
[91] He wrote a funny little letter (among other things) to the Républicain of July 16, describing a “mechanical king,” “who is practically eternal.”
[92] See Société des Jacobins, vol. ii. p. 541.
[93] Moniteur, July 16, 1791.
[94] Ami du Peuple, June 22, 1791.
[95] Révolutions de France et de Brabant, No. 82.
[96] This is not a rhetorical exaggeration. It indicates, as will be seen later in the chapter, the very number that finally formed the garrison of the palace—a point not hitherto noticed, and well worth remembering, for it shows how Lafayette’s accusations are half the truth. He had approached Danton, and he had told him many of his plans. Danton had not acceded, but he used the knowledge.