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At The Duplays’, Robespierre’s Life And Surroundings Were Comfortable, Respectable, Eminently Bourgeois;

At the Duplays’, Robespierre’s life and surroundings were comfortable, respectable, eminently bourgeois; and he was pampered by his adoring hosts. He did not, when fleeing rumoured reprisals, seek shelter in the faubourg Saint-Antoine; he did not seek out a hovel in the bowels of Paris, where lay much of his popular support. The Duplay home was suitable to one of his position, with its respectable neighbourhood, vine-covered walls, quiet courtyard, and proper owners. He stayed on until his death.

David P. Jordan, The Revolutionary Career of Maximilien Robespierre [x]