The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . who called himself Philip Equality, should bebrought to trial as enemies of the people. The poor queen had languished in her jail ever since thekings execution, but for some time she had the comfortof the society of her daughter and her sister-in-law, Eliza-beth. Her son, the young dauphin, had been taken fromher. She was now removed to the Conciergerie prison,and placed in solitary confinement in a damp, ill-smellingroom. A man who had been a robber mounted guardover her and was i
The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 , to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . who called himself Philip Equality, should bebrought to trial as enemies of the people. The poor queen had languished in her jail ever since thekings execution, but for some time she had the comfortof the society of her daughter and her sister-in-law, Eliza-beth. Her son, the young dauphin, had been taken fromher. She was now removed to the Conciergerie prison,and placed in solitary confinement in a damp, ill-smellingroom. A man who had been a robber mounted guardover her and was in her room day and night. Her clotheswere worn out and in rags, her stockings were in holes, andshe had no shoes. Both she and the dauphin had beenintrusted by the Assembly to the guard of a wretch namedHebert, who had been ticket-taker at a theatre and hadstolen the receipts. 1792-1794] 301 She was brought to trial on October 14th, 1793, just tenmonths after the execution of her husband. She was onlythirty-eight years old, but her hair was snow white, herbeauty was gone, her color had faded, her cheeks were. MAKIE ANTOINETTE sunken. She had not been a loyal queen to France, butany man with a heart in his bosom would have pitied hernow. It did not take long to find her guilty. She dressedherself all in white, cut oS. her hair with her own hands,gave her poor, thin wrists to the executioner to bindthem behind her back, and went to her rest meekly andbravely. 302 [1792-1794 I may as well tell you here of the fate of her son, thedaupliin. He was locked up in the Temple prison with hisfather and mother, as you remember, on August 13tb,1792, when he was seven years old. On July 3d, 1793, hewas dragged from his mother and shut up by himself iu aroom which was full of rats. He was a timid, nervouschild, and trembled when a rat scurried past him. Fortwo years he lived in that room, with no one to play with,no one to speak to. His bed was never made, his windowswere never opened, his un
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