four in the morning
Steeple after steeple rang out ; and every one knew that this was the token of insurrection in the respective parishes . Petion had been sent for , to answer for what was doing ; he had not been civilly treated within doors , as might be supposed , -- the king speaking very roughly to him . He could not get away again , as the gates were all guarded , and no one allowed to pass ; so that the only thing he could well do was to walk in the gardens . At four in the morning , the National Assembly sent for him , to appear and give an account of Paris . Considering that he had been pacing the garden walks all night , the Mayor of Paris was as little able as anybody to give an account of the city ; but he was glad to get away , considering his situation one of great danger . The number of the Swiss guards was a thousand . Their post was within the Tuileries .