This letter was read publicly in all parts of the city. Copies were put up at the corners of the streets; and even they who had begun to open negotiations interrupted them, being resolved to await the succor so pompously announced.
Cette lettre fut lue publiquement sur toutes les places, on en afficha des copies aux angles des rues, et ceux-là mêmes qui avaient commencé d'ouvrir des négociations les interrompirent, résolus d'attendre ce secours si pompeusement annoncé.