In the following days, the entire time of the Third Estate meeting was consumed by the debate over whether to examine the credentials of the delegates separately.
But the number of representatives from the Third Class was equal to the combined number of the First and Second Classes, so they did not actually have a numerical advantage.
As a result, the meeting was locked in an endless tug-of-war.
In the first few days, Louis XVI had shown his face, but later on, presumably because the subject of the debate was too boring, His Majesty had slipped away.
Thus, in the absence of the royal family and nobility, the Third Estate meeting dragged on for six weeks over whether to examine the credentials separately.
On the morning of June 10th, the situation took a turn.
That morning, Anning was dozing off in his seat when suddenly a voice thundered through the hall, "Enough! I've had it!"
Startled, Anning snapped awake and hurried to look around to grasp the situation.
