Diary and correspondence . todrag themselves along with their muskets and were even women of elegance, with their maids orwithout them, going on foot, some carrying their children,others little parcels. I longed at the moment for a hundredcarriages to pick up those unfortunates; I felt horror andpity. . We put up for the night at Louvain. . 11th. Beached Maestricht at one oclock. Not a lodgingto be had. VVe stopped for dinner at an eating-house andthe master gave us two rooms. Simolin and I got a roomnear-by; both of us in a cellar room. I went to see thebaron and found him at
Diary and correspondence . todrag themselves along with their muskets and were even women of elegance, with their maids orwithout them, going on foot, some carrying their children,others little parcels. I longed at the moment for a hundredcarriages to pick up those unfortunates; I felt horror andpity. . We put up for the night at Louvain. . 11th. Beached Maestricht at one oclock. Not a lodgingto be had. VVe stopped for dinner at an eating-house andthe master gave us two rooms. Simolin and I got a roomnear-by; both of us in a cellar room. I went to see thebaron and found him at dinner with twenty persons well-known in society. Nine thousand persons had arrived intwo days. Some had slept in the streets. 14th. Dined with the Prince of Hesse; Mme. de Brionne,Breteuil, Prince Camille de Bohan, Dangevilliers, Archbishopof Bheims, etc., etc., there. As we decided to start the nextday for Aix-la-Chapelle, I sent a man on to engagelodgings. . December 15th. Beached Cologne at three oclock. I. *=~^tt&&?z/ ^^4!Z7Yrs> <_JZr?t&**z*:j4?2£ 1793] COUNT AXEL FERSEN. 2S3 lodged with Simolin at the Court of Cologne; the two ladiesat the Domhof. Letter from Paris, sent to me by Mr. Blair,gave me pain. 17th. Started at ten and reached Ophiden at two. Badlylodged. 18th. Started at eleven and reached Diisseldorf at six inthe evening. 23d. Talked with Breteuil. The King of Prussia toldhim he knew all the democratic talk that went on in hisarmy and against himself; it was always so in the ante-chambers of his uncle, who paid no attention to it; neitherdid he. January 2d, 1793. The king [of France] was summonedto the bar on the 26th. Delaseze read his justification,which is strong in points. The king added with feeling thatwhat hurt him most was to be accused of having wished toshed the blood of his people — he, who throughout his reignhad sought only their happiness. The king retired, and theyadjourned the discussion from day to day until it wasdecided. 12th. Mr. Mu
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