. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. PARIS. 271 The Revolution came and cast a shadow over Versailles, with allits glory. The royal family was surrounded with enemies, and wasin constant terror, and the little dauphin was made unhappy by thesi^ht of his mothers tears. One day a serving-woman told him that if he would procure somefavor for her she would be happy as a queen. As happy as a queen! he answered : I know of one queen whodoes nothing but weep. The Revolutionists overthrew the Bastile and the throne, and themembers of the royal family were obliged to seek p
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. PARIS. 271 The Revolution came and cast a shadow over Versailles, with allits glory. The royal family was surrounded with enemies, and wasin constant terror, and the little dauphin was made unhappy by thesi^ht of his mothers tears. One day a serving-woman told him that if he would procure somefavor for her she would be happy as a queen. As happy as a queen! he answered : I know of one queen whodoes nothing but weep. The Revolutionists overthrew the Bastile and the throne, and themembers of the royal family were obliged to seek protection in theNational Assembly. They were then confined in an old French prison,called the Temple. The king was tried by the Assembly, was condemned and exe-cuted. He deeply loved the dauphin, and parted from him with bittergrief. After the kings death the dauphin was the principal solace ofthe queen in her imprisonment. He was at last removed from thequeens apartment by an order of the Committee of Public Safetv. Itis related that when the guards came to ta
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