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He also showed anxiety for his family, making inquiries now and 

 then for the queen and his children."'" 



An incident is described here which has been often repeated 

 by writers since that time, but for which our only evidence is the 

 report of the commission appointed by the council of the depart- 

 ment to investigate the events of the day. They do not state their 

 authority. They say that after the tumult in the ail-de-bceiif had 

 lasted an hour and none of the officers could make themselves 

 heard, Legendre advanced toward the monarch and the noise 

 ceased. " Monsieur," he began, pausing as the king showed sur- 

 prise, " Yes, monsieur, hear us. You must hear us. You are a 

 villain. You have always deceived us, you deceive us still. But 

 take care ! Your measure is full and people are weary of being 

 your plaything." Then he read a petition full of menaces and 

 reproaches, declaring that it expressed the wish of the sovereign 

 people of whom he was the orator. The king remained calm, 

 answering, " I will do what the constitution and the decrees have 

 commanded me."^-^ Again cries arose, more people constantly 

 came in and the press became extreme. 



Antoinette, la coiir et la ville, 1777-1792, II, 604; A Residence in France 

 during the Years 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 15; Lettre de Goupilleau, depute 

 de la Vendee," June 20, 11 p. in.; Azema in Revolution frangaise, XXVII, 

 174; Bulletin avec details sur ce qui s'est passe aux Tuilleries le 20 jtiin, 

 1792, Klinckowstrom, II, 303; Ibid., 11, 307. 



"" Bourcet in Revolution frangaise, XVII, 74; Letter of J. B. Mosneron 

 to Louis XVIII, May 19, 1814, in Rez'ue d'histoire moderne et contempo- 

 raine, XI, 115. Mosneron was a deputy and was with the king. 



"^ " Rapport fait au conseil du departement par MM. Garnier, Leveillard 

 et Demantort, commissioners au sujet des evenements du 20 juin, 1792." 

 This report was made before July 6, 1792, and recommended the suspen- 

 sion of Petion and Manuel and three municipal officers. Roederer gives 

 the same incident, reproducing it from the report of the committee without 

 citing his source. The incident is not found in any depositions, reports 

 or proccs-verbaux. Legendre is named by Lareynie in his declaration 

 as encouraging Santerre and by the Nouvelle correspondance politique, 

 June 22, XII, 3, as being near the king with his friends. The Abbe 

 Lamar, " Les loisiers d'un cure deplace," in Pieces sur la revolution, 

 journces fameuses. III, 267, says he was present and calls him a Jacobin 

 and a deputy. He was a member of the Jacobin club but was not a 



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