We have declared War on Austria, the fight is far from over.
Today, hundreds of people stormed the Tuilleries where Louis XVI and his family have been residing for the past 3 years. They were infuriated by the fact that he had let go of his Jacobin ministers. It was rather amusing, they made him don a bonnet rouge and drink to the health of the people.
More and more print shops keep popping up everyday. In the past two months, four have opened in my neighborhood. I visited one last week, it was run by a young man about 20 who had come from Nancy the year prior. When I asked him why he would leave such a nice city to come to Paris, especially now, he said to me:
"Madam, how can I remain at home in a sheltered land when my country is in such peril? I must do all that I can, and what I can do is make others aware of their rights as man and woman."
It was a good answer but as I was leaving, I took a quick look at a pile of his commissions, they were scant and not well put together. The ink ran on some of them and the typeset was off on many. It worried me to think that small printers were bringing down the quality and respectability of the industry but he was right. Every single person should be aware of their rights as a citizen. I went home and told Claude about my experience. He laughed and said that all of the upstart printers would be out by the end of the year. "We'll see", I said.