eight in the evening
At last the Mayor of Paris came . Monsieur Petion was now mayor : the same who had pulled Louis 's hair , on the return from Varennes , a year before . He harangued the people : several others harangued ; and at last the mob marched out through the broken doors of the violated palace . It was eight in the evening . When the members of this unhappy family could get to one another , again , when they felt that they were once more alone , they threw themselves into one another 's arms , weeping bitterly . The monarch and his people had met at last , face to face ; and it was only to find that there was , and could be , no agreement between them . One of the parties must give way : the people were strong ; the king was weak , and his ruin was now certain .