Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . ll do notcome back under any consideration. It is known that yougot us away from here; if you were to appear all would belost. We are guarded day and night. That is a matter ofindifference to me. Be reassured, nothing will be done tome. The Assembly means to deal gently with us. shall not be able to write to you again. Bouille meanwhile had hurled a terrific defianceat the Assembly, speaking of all the crimes youhave committed or sanctioned during these twoyears, and of the anarchy of which you havemade a regular system. He declares that if
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . ll do notcome back under any consideration. It is known that yougot us away from here; if you were to appear all would belost. We are guarded day and night. That is a matter ofindifference to me. Be reassured, nothing will be done tome. The Assembly means to deal gently with us. shall not be able to write to you again. Bouille meanwhile had hurled a terrific defianceat the Assembly, speaking of all the crimes youhave committed or sanctioned during these twoyears, and of the anarchy of which you havemade a regular system. He declares that if ahair of the head of the King or Queen is injured,he will lead the foreign armies against Paris andannihilate it utterly. Duvergier, iii., 64. * Revolutions de Paris, No. 103- 3 Fersen, i., 152. Flight 189 We have a satirical representation on thetheme of the penance the royal pair are presumedto have performed after the return from their ill-starred expedition. They are kneeling at an altarwhich is consecrated to the law and the nation. In. m,a^/iam liinnx Plate 87. A satire on the failure of the attempted flight to Varennes. The King is pleading for mercy, the Queen is beating her breast and crying My fault, all my fault! front of it is a cock, emblem of the French vigilancethat has not permitted them to make good theirescape. Behind Louis are bottles, which mustmean to imply that he drinks. With clasped handsthe King is supplicating, Have mercy on me, ohmy people, according to thy great mercy. Butthe Queen is beating her breast and shrieking, Myfault! My fault! All my fault! Plate 87, above. CHAPTER VI PROBATION THE flight of her hereditary monarch was amore serious matter to France than wouldat first appear. To be sure, Louis XVI wasnot the kind of man with whom it would have beendifficult to dispense. But his crossing the frontierwould have meant civil war, and in his partingdeclaration he had scorned the Constitution onwhich the representatives had been at w
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