ten in the morning
The crowds that collected before these notices can be imagined . For one moment the stir that passed through the whole population assumed the aspect of a riot ; drums beat , patrols were organized , and the citizens received an order to stay at home . The streets became deserted . The gunners , whose matches , as we have said already , had been lighted at ten in the morning , once more stood by their cannon with their lighted matches in hand . This sort of threat continued for thirty hours . However , as at the end of that time the crowds were no longer collecting , as no conflicts took place , and no shot was fired , all these hostile demonstrations ceased between the 25th and the 26th . Next morning fresh placards had been stuck up .