. The celebrated Madame Campan, lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette and confidante of Napoleon. onfess that he conducted himselfduring those days of anguish with * becominghumility. When, on the morrow of his execution, MmeCampan learnt that her kind master had gone tobe judged by that other Judge who will surely bemore merciful than his Ministers on earth, shewrote:— I think I should have died of despair if I hadnot found some consolation in the recollection of allhis kindness to me. ... Two days after the kings execution, Mme Campansbrother, M. Genest, who had been appointed by theGirondins
. The celebrated Madame Campan, lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette and confidante of Napoleon. onfess that he conducted himselfduring those days of anguish with * becominghumility. When, on the morrow of his execution, MmeCampan learnt that her kind master had gone tobe judged by that other Judge who will surely bemore merciful than his Ministers on earth, shewrote:— I think I should have died of despair if I hadnot found some consolation in the recollection of allhis kindness to me. ... Two days after the kings execution, Mme Campansbrother, M. Genest, who had been appointed by theGirondins to represent France in the United States,and who, on the fall of that party after the Septembermassacres, had been recalled to his native land to givean account of his deeds and words—and probably losehis head—left France, never again to return, and wentback to America, which in those days was indeed theland of the free. A few days after his departure,^ ^ On reaching America, M. Genest received a warm welcome froman old friend, Mr. Clinton, the then Governor of New York, and later 186. Co/<y7isl h] VBrann &r Co. Marie Antoinette and her Children. From a painting b) Le Brun. EDMOND GENEST GOES TO AMERICA the AssembUe nationale took it into its head thatM. Genest had returned to his native land and was inhiding in Brest. Now it happened that Mme Campanwas spending the day in Paris with her companion,Mme Voisin, when she heard two newsvendorsbawling out: The arrival in Brest of M. Genest,Minister of the Republic to the United States ; thisMinister will immediately make the perilous ascent ofthe guillotine! This news was a great shock toMme Campan, who believed—and with reason—thather brother was on his way to America; she Voisin, with the help of two or three compas-sionate bystanders, carried her into a shop, whererestoratives were applied and she soon recoveredconsciousness. In the spring of 1793, Mme Campan first paid abrief visit to Beauplan, and then
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