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and he said he had only his own and he wanted 

 them ; but he said he would not fire on them. 

 Then they asked for wine, which he gave them. 

 They took good care not to get drunk, knowing they 

 would not be able to fight. They were very polite 

 and behaved extremely well. 



' About 12 o'clock a servant came for a boy who 

 lived near me, [and] Deluc thought it best to send 

 me with him. We heard a good deal of firing near, 

 but did not come across any of the parties. As we 

 approached the railway, the barricades were no 

 longer formed of palings, planks, or stones ; but they 

 had got all the omnibuses as they passed, sent the 

 horses and passengers about their business, and 

 turned them over. A double row of overturned 

 coaches made a capital barricade, with a few 

 paving stones. 



* When I got home I found to my astonishment 

 that in our fighting quarter it was much quieter. 

 Mamma had just been out seeing the troops in the 

 Place de la Concorde, when suddenly the Municipal 

 Guard, now fairly exasperated, prevented the 

 National Guard from proceeding, and fired at them ; 

 the National Guard had come with their musquets 

 not loaded, but at length returned the fire. Mamma 

 saw the National Guard fire. The Municipal 

 Guard were round the corner. She was delighted, 

 for she saw no person killed, though many of the 

 Municipals were. . . . 



