CHAPTER VI

The artillerymen at the Louvre--Bonapartist plot to take our cannon from us--Distribution of cartridges by Godefroy Cavaignac--The concourse of people outside the Luxembourg when the ministers were sentenced--Departure of the condemned for Vincennes--Defeat of the judges--La Fayette and the riot--Bastide and Commandant Barré on guard with Prosper Mérimée