François Hanriot

People have sensed where the wind is blowing, and the clapping becomes universal.

They vote to arrest Robespierre, to arrest the head of the Paris National Guard, who's a guy called François Hanriot, who is a Robespierre loyalist.

At this point, Robespierre's younger brother, um, Augustin, who's a bit of a nobody, really-

He'd been at Toulon, hadn't he?

No, i- it's always an exciting moment when the tocsin rings across Paris.

So meanwhile, it's about 4:45 in the afternoon.

The National Guard commander, Hanriot, of course there's a warrant out for his arrest, he grabs a load of men and he says, "We're going to go straight over to the Hôtel de Brienne.

We're gonna rescue our friends." And they've got their sabers drawn.