Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . d her, that she answered coirrageously, it may be to execution, but I will go! ^ Anothereye-witness^ tells us that as she stepped out on tothe balcony, holding her children by the hand, therewere shouts that children were not wanted. Shethrust them back and came out alone. It had all been such an ordeal for the King andQueen of France that it is a wonder Louis XVI thdid not abdicate then and there. Judging fromwhat we know of the sentiments of the people, sucha course would probably have resulted in his keep- Numerous witnesses specify these cries.
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . d her, that she answered coirrageously, it may be to execution, but I will go! ^ Anothereye-witness^ tells us that as she stepped out on tothe balcony, holding her children by the hand, therewere shouts that children were not wanted. Shethrust them back and came out alone. It had all been such an ordeal for the King andQueen of France that it is a wonder Louis XVI thdid not abdicate then and there. Judging fromwhat we know of the sentiments of the people, sucha course would probably have resulted in his keep- Numerous witnesses specify these cries. ^Procedure, i., 172, 184, 243; ii., 368, 370, 378 ff. ^Procedure, i., 330. ^ Derosnet, Procedure, ii., 79. 104 The French Revolution ing, instead of losing, his throne. But he choseto suffer every possible humiliation rather thanrelinquish his hereditary rights.,^ As they stood there on the balcony, a voice calledout, The King to Paris! The cry was takenup until it became a roar. Wavering, Louis XVI (^k>-Aat/^6 ci^tr. <a . ^. Plate 47. A contemporary drawing representing the women of Paris return-ing from Versailles on October 6, 1789. passed back and forth between his room and thebalcony, and then made one of the most fateful andfatal decisions of his life. Leaning far out overthe railing, he declared that he would go to Pariswith his wife and children. Lafayette repeatedthe announcement in a louder tone, and, in order tospread the news more quickly it was written onbits of paper and thrown down among the few hours later the cortege started; the heads of Batiffol: Les journees des 5 et 6 Octobre, 1789.
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