In the night, while Gilbert was vainly trying to save Andrea, the Commune, unable to secure Danton's help, formed a committee of vigilance, including Marat, though he was not a member of the Commune. But his name enthroned murder, and showed the frightful development of his power.
The first order of this committee was to have twenty-four prisoners removed from the abbey, and brought before them at the mayor's offices now the police prefecture building.
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