Commissaries. These were filled in at the moment of leaving.

In addition to the armed force which was appointed to assist them, it had

been decided that each Commissary should be accompanied by two escorts,

one composed of sergents de ville, the other of police agents in plain

clothes. As Prefect Maupas had told M. Bonaparte, the Captain of the

Republican Guard, Baudinet, was associated with Commissary Lerat in the

arrest of General Changarnier.

Towards half-past five the fiacres which were in waiting were called

up, and all started, each with his instructions.

During this time, in another corner of Paris--the old Rue du Temple--in

that ancient Soubise Mansion which had been transformed into a Royal

Printing Office, and is to-day a National Printing Office, another

section of the Crime was being organized.

Towards one in the morning a passer-by who had reached the old Rue du

Temple by the Rue de Vieilles-Haudriettes, noticed at the junction of

these two streets several long and high windows brilliantly lighted up,

These were the windows of the work-rooms of the National Printing Office.

He turned to the right and entered the old Rue du Temple, and a moment

afterwards paused before the crescent-shaped entrance of the front of the

printing-office. The principal door was shut, two sentinels guarded the

side door. Through this little door, which was ajar, he glanced into the

courtyard of the printing-office, and saw it filled with soldiers. The

soldiers were silent, no sound could be heard, but the glistening of

their bayonets could be seen. The passer-by surprised, drew nearer. One

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