Note 9 — Chapter XVII · (continued 3)
Reading edition
"See 'Lettres, Journal, et Documents,' vol. ii. pp. 298-300. He rates the mob at five thousand, and writes dramatically. The cushions of a divan do not form an espèce de tombeau, where a woman can be ensevelie vivante. M. de Lesseps says that he had the details from the chief actors of the drama, but I prefer M. Sabatier's account."