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assembled in an adjoining building, the "maison de mission," 

 while the nobles were placed on one side of the church, and the 

 third estate on the other.^^ 



The arrival of the king at Notre-Dame was preceded by that 

 of the Due d'Orleans, who, Duquesnoy says, was received with 

 cries of " Vive le due d'Orleans. "^^ The princes of Conde, of 

 Conti, and of Bourbon also preceded the monarch, all of these 

 being received with a marked silence of disapproval.-^ When the 

 king, after keeping the deputies waiting for about three hours, 

 finally arrived, he was greeted with cries of " Vive le roi ! "-^ 

 Duquesnoy states that upon the arrival of the queen, two or three 

 voices called out " Vive la reine ! ", but a greater number shouted 

 " Fi done ! "-^ This insult was not made any the less noticeable 

 by the fact that the Duchesse d'Orleans was applauded generously. 



After the chanting of the Veni Creator, the procession was 

 formed for the march to St. Louis. -^ The plan had been to have 

 the deputies march by bailHages, but the third estate refused to 

 do this, and were so persistent in their refusal that the arrange- 

 ments were finally ehanged.^* Biauzat relates that it was he who 

 started the objection to being placed by bailHages. The grand 

 master of ceremonies replied that the nobles had not objected to 



'^^ Recit des seances des deputes des communes^ 3; Journal des etats- 

 generaux, I, i. 



13 Duquesnoy, I, 3. 



~^Ibid.; Mercure de France, III, 16 mat, 1789, Journal politique de 

 Bruxelles, 121. The Mercure gives the following names in this connec- 

 tion : the Prince de Conde, the Due de Bourbon, the Due d' Enghien, and 

 the Prince de Conti. 



21 Duquesnoy, I, 3 ; Biauzat, II, 26. Duquesnoy says : " Ce n'etait plus 

 I'elan de I'ame, le cris du coeur." Biauzat, however, assures us that the 

 shout was an enthusiastic one. He says : " Au moment oii le roi y est 

 entre, nous avons fait retentir les voutes de ce temple d'un Vive le Roi! 

 qui semblait ne partir que d'une seule bouche, mais d'une bouche qui avait 

 toute la voix d'un royaume." 



22 Duquesnoy, I, 3. Gouvernor Morris in his Diary (I, 75) says that 

 there were no shouts at all of Vive la reine! 



^^ Journal des etats-generaux, I, 2; Mercure de France, III, Journal 

 politique de Bruxelles, 121. 



2* Biauzat, II, 22; Journal des etats-gencraux, I, 2; Duquesnoy, I, 3. 



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