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responded the people in a tremendous shout . `` Vive la République ! -- to the Hôtel de Ville ! '' Headed by Ledru Rollin the excited multitude withdrew , and at four o'clock all was as silent in the Chamber of Deputies as if not a voice had resounded or a footstep had echoed within its walls for centuries . In the distance , however , could be heard the repeated shout : `` Vive la République ! -- to the Hôtel de Ville ! '' Scarcely had the carriages conveying the Royal family disappeared on their flight toward St. Cloud , when the whole mass of the populace poured as with one simultaneous purpose into the deserted palace .