She has trodden modesty and morals under foot, and
now she will tread the Church under foot also."
"Be still!" was the cry on all sides. "The carbineers and gendarmes
are coming. Be still, Marat, be still! You must not be arrested. We
do not want all our friends to be taken to the Bastile."
And really just at that instant, at the entrance of the street that
led to the square on the side of the Tuileries, appeared a division
of carbineers, advancing at great speed.
Marat jumped with the speed of a cat down from the huge form of the
brewer. The crowd opened and made way for him, and before the
carbineers had approached, Marat had disappeared.
With this day began the investigations respecting the necklace which
Messrs. Bohmer and Bassenge had wanted to sell the queen through the
agency of Cardinal Bohan. The latter was still a prisoner in the
Bastile. He was treated with all the respect due to his rank. He had
a whole suite of apartments assigned to him; he was allowed to
retain the service of both his chamberlains, and at times was
permitted to see and converse with his relatives, although, it is
true, in the presence of the governor of the Bastile. But Foulon was
a very pious Catholic, and kept a respectful distance from the lord
cardinal, who never failed on such occasions to give him his
blessing.
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