. The ruin of a princess. pikes began to defile in order under the terrace in frontof the chateau where there were three lines of Nationalguards. They went out by the gate to the Pont Eoyal andseemed to intend to pass through the Carrousel on their wayback to the faubourg Saint-Antoine. At three oclock theyshowed signs of wishing to force the gate of the grandcourtyard. Two municipal officers opened it. The NationalGuard, which had not been able to obtain any orders sincethe morning, had the sorrow of seeing them cross the court-yard without being able to bar the way. The departmentha
. The ruin of a princess. pikes began to defile in order under the terrace in frontof the chateau where there were three lines of Nationalguards. They went out by the gate to the Pont Eoyal andseemed to intend to pass through the Carrousel on their wayback to the faubourg Saint-Antoine. At three oclock theyshowed signs of wishing to force the gate of the grandcourtyard. Two municipal officers opened it. The NationalGuard, which had not been able to obtain any orders sincethe morning, had the sorrow of seeing them cross the court-yard without being able to bar the way. The departmenthad given orders to repulse force by force, but the mimici-pality paid no attention to this. We were, at this moment, at the kings vnndow. The fewpersons who were with his valet de chamhre came and joinedus. The doors were closed. A moment later we heard was Acloque with a few grenadiers and volunteers whomhe had collected. He asked the king to show himself, king passed into the first antechamber. There M,. .-^iZo-ci o^^-c^P xvy 1792] MADAME IlLISABETH DB FRANCE. 81 dHervilly came to join him, with three or four grenadierswhom he had induced to come with him. At the moment when the king passed into the antechamberthe persons attached to the queen forced her to go into hersons room. More fortunate than she, no one tore me fromthe kings side. The queen had scarcely gone when the doorwas burst in by the pikes. The king, at that instant, mountedone of the coffers which stand in the windows. The Mar^-chal de Mouchy, MM. dHervilly, Acloque, and a dozengrenadiers surrounded him. I stood against the wall withthe ministers, M. de Marcilly, and some National guardsaround me. The pikes entered the chamber like a thunder-bolt ; they looked for the king, especially one of them, whoused the most dangerous language. A grenadier turned asidehis weapon, saying, Unhappy man ! this is your king. Allthe grenadiers then began to shout Vive le Boi! The rest ofthe pikes respon
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