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234 ''and are silent.  looks at them, coldly, and they fall back. There is dead silence for a few seconds, then murmurs are heard here and there.  enters a moment after, and takes advantage of the calm to speak.'']

, the Committee on Provisions and Necessitiethe People are silent this occasion to announce to the public the arrival of a large amount of grain and wood at the port of Bercy''A great clamor arises. People jostle one another in a wild attempt to leave the hall. After a few moments, only a small knot of curious onlookers remain.  casts a glance of irony at the People. hearts are good, but their stomachs betterThe Jury reenters. The monotony of the Judge's questions is drowned by the last stragglers. The noise outside gradually subsides, and  voice becomes more distinct. Sentence is passed in a death-like silence.'']

citizens, there was a conspiracy which was to have brought dishonor upon the national representatives, re-established the monarchy, and through corruption destroy the Republican government. Is Georges-Jacques Danton, solicitor, Deputy to the National Convention, guilty of conspiracy against the Republic?

is.

Lucie-Simplice-Camille Desmoulins, solicitor, Deputy to the Convention, guilty of conspiring against the Republic?

is.

Philippe-François-Nazaire Fabre, known