Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 14 o Hōngongoi, e toru rā i muri i te whakakorenga a Louis XVI i a Jacques Necker hei kaitohutohu pūtea, ka whakaekea e te iwi o Paris te Hotel des Invalides me te Bastille, e tohu ana i te whakaekenga tuatahi o te French Revolution. Kāore a Marat i whai wāhi tika ki te
Ko te hinga o te Bastille engari i whai ki te whakanui i tana mahi i taua ra ma te kii kua hopu ia i tetahi roopu hoia Tiamana i Pont Neuf. E kii ana ia ko enei hoia e whai ana ki te patu i te hurihanga i tona tamarikitanga, a kua angitu ia ki te akiaki i te mano ki te akiaki i nga hoia ki te tuku i a raatau patu. Ahakoa i puta tenei kaupapa kaore ranei i te patai na te mea kaore he korero e mohiotia ana e whakapumau ana i te korero a Marat.