font lever, ' rouse, wake early

90. — 19. Mme de Lamballe, daughter-in-law of the Duke of Penthièvre (p. 7. 29).

91.— 23. les reclus de la justice ordinaire, ' those condemned bj the common law.'

24-7. la Conciergerie, the state prison ; le Châtelet, la tour Saint- Bernard, prisons ; Bicètre, prison and insane hospital ; la Salpétrière, house of correction.

94 (heading).— Harat, Danton, Bobespierre formed, as alreadj noted, a sort of triumvirate of the Jacobin Reign of Terror. Marat (1744r-93), the most exécrable character of the three, was assassinated by Charlotte Corday. Danton (1759-94), abold and powerful démagogue, was guillotined when suspected of modération. Bobespierre (1758-94), a cold, vainglorious man of no depth, was likewise beheaded when his influence waned.

95.-3. flux intarissable d'écriture, ' incurable disease of writing/

4. tétanoi de la volonté, Mockjaw of the will,' i.e. 'rigid incorrigibility of tlie will. '

96. — 21. fous Inoidefl, ' madmen with lacid moments, lunatics.'