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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII. THE MAYORALTY OP THE TENTH ARRONDISSEMENT. The representatives who came out from Monsieur Daru's collected again in the street, and consulted together for a few moments in groups. Their number was large. In less than an hour, by urgent messages from house to house on the left bank of the Seine alone, they collected over three hundred members. Where should they go now? To Lemardelay's? The Rue Richelieu was guarded. To the Salle Martel? That was too far away. They counted upon the Tenth Legion, of which General Lauriston was colonel, and they decided upon the mayoralty of the tenth arrondissement. The distance, moreover, was not great, and there were no bridges to be crossed. They formed in column and began the march. Monsieur Dam, as we have said, lived in the Rue de Lille, close by the Assembly. The entire street between his house and the Palais Bourbon was occupied by infantry. The final detachment guarded his door, but guarded it on the right, not on the left. The representatives, as they emerged from Monsieur Daru's, turned towards the Rue des Saints-Peres and left the soldiers behind them. The troops at that time had orders only to prevent them from meeting at the palace of the Assembly. They were permitted to form in column in the street and march away. If they had turned to the right instead of to the left they would have encountered opposition. But there were no orders covering their chosen route; they passed through a loophole in the instructions. This fact, an hour later, caused Saint-Arnaud an unseemly display of temper. On the way, new representatives collected, and the column increased in size. As the members of the Right lived for the most part in the Faubourg Saint-Germain, the column was composed almost...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Novels and Poems of Victor Marie Hugo Volume 13 (History of a Crime). To get started finding The Novels and Poems of Victor Marie Hugo Volume 13 (History of a Crime), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XII. THE MAYORALTY OP THE TENTH ARRONDISSEMENT. The representatives who came out from Monsieur Daru's collected again in the street, and consulted together for a few moments in groups. Their number was large. In less than an hour, by urgent messages from house to house on the left bank of the Seine alone, they collected over three hundred members. Where should they go now? To Lemardelay's? The Rue Richelieu was guarded. To the Salle Martel? That was too far away. They counted upon the Tenth Legion, of which General Lauriston was colonel, and they decided upon the mayoralty of the tenth arrondissement. The distance, moreover, was not great, and there were no bridges to be crossed. They formed in column and began the march. Monsieur Dam, as we have said, lived in the Rue de Lille, close by the Assembly. The entire street between his house and the Palais Bourbon was occupied by infantry. The final detachment guarded his door, but guarded it on the right, not on the left. The representatives, as they emerged from Monsieur Daru's, turned towards the Rue des Saints-Peres and left the soldiers behind them. The troops at that time had orders only to prevent them from meeting at the palace of the Assembly. They were permitted to form in column in the street and march away. If they had turned to the right instead of to the left they would have encountered opposition. But there were no orders covering their chosen route; they passed through a loophole in the instructions. This fact, an hour later, caused Saint-Arnaud an unseemly display of temper. On the way, new representatives collected, and the column increased in size. As the members of the Right lived for the most part in the Faubourg Saint-Germain, the column was composed almost...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Novels and Poems of Victor Marie Hugo Volume 13 (History of a Crime). To get started finding The Novels and Poems of Victor Marie Hugo Volume 13 (History of a Crime), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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