Excerpt from Robespierre's Rise and Fall It is easy to imagine the flutter created by this addition to the household of the Duplays, wherein nothing abnormal had ever happened before: the discreet curiosity of the girls with regard to this young, famous, and somewhat mysterious stranger the satis faction of the carpenter, who could now out a fine figure among the Jacobins the ready zeal of Mamma Duplay, silently enjoying the amazement of the neigh bours. There was not one of them but would have been flatly incredulous if a prophet had foretold to them that their simple, unexacting lodger, who was so accommodating in his ways. And had no possessions but a few clothes and some papers and books, would be the cause of disaster to the happy family who wel comed him thus unsuspectingly. Before three years were past this day's doings would bring ruin upon the father, as well as the loss Of his wife widowhood to one of the daughters, and to another lifelong desola tion 'to their mother, death and to all their kindred and friends persecution, imprisonment, and poverty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.