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During The Confinement Of Louis Xvi. King Of France.
should be trusted with a knife to cut his bread and meat , in lire presence of two . Municipal Officers , and that afterwards the knife should be taken away . '' The two Municipal Officers charged me to inform the King of this , which I refused to do . - ' On entering the eating-room , the King saw the tray in which was the Queen ' s dinner : he asked why his family had been made to wait an hour beyond their time , and said the delay would alarm them ?
He then sat down to table . " I have no knife , " said he . The Municipal Officer , Minier , then mentioned the resolution of the Commune . " Do they think me such a coward , '' said the King , " as to make an attempt upon my own life ? They have imputed crimes to me , but I am innocent of them , and shall die without fear . Would to God , my death mi ght be productive of happiness , to the French , or could avert the miseries I foresee !" . A profound silence ensued . The King eat a little : he helped himself to some stewed beef with a spoon , and broke his bread . He was at dinner but a few minutes .
' I was sitting in my chamber , a prey to the deepest amicuon , when about six in the evening , Garat returned to the Tower . I went to announce him to the King ; but Santerre , who was before him , walked up to his Majestv , and in a low voice , and with a smile upon his face , said : — " Here is the Executive Council . '' The Minister coming forward , told the King that he had carried his letter to the Convention , which had charged | iim to deliver the following answer : —" That
Louis should be at liberty to send for any Minister of-worship he . should think proper , and to see his family freely and without witness ; that the Nation , ever great and everjust , would take into consideration the state of his family ; that proper indemnifications would be granted to the creditors of his household ; and that respecting the delay of of three daysthe National Convention had passed to the order of the
, day . '' . ' On this reply the King made no observation , but returned to his chamber , where he said to me : " I thought , from Santerre's air and manner , that he came to inform me ofthe delay being granted . '' A young Municipal Officer , whose name was Botson , seeing the
Kinsspeak to me , approached us ; and the King said to him : " You seem concerned at my fate ; accept my thanks for it-. ' * ' The Municipal Officer , surprised , knew not what to answer ; and I was myself as- ' tonished at his Majesty ' s expressions ; for this Municipal Officer , who . was scarcely two-and-twenty , and of a mild and engaging figure , had said only a few minutes before : " ¦ I desired to be on duty at the Temple , to see the grimaces he will make to-morrow . " It was of the King
'hat he spoke . " And I too : ' '—subjoined Merceraut , the stone-cutter , whom 1 mentioned before : — " every body refused to take the duty ; I would not give up this day for a good deal of money . " Such were 'he vile and ferocious men whom the Commune purposely named to guard the King in his last moments . " ¦ " ' For the last four days the King had not seen his Counsel . Such ofthe Commissioners as had shewn themselves concerned for his mis- * fortunes avoided coming near the place , Among so many subjects
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
During The Confinement Of Louis Xvi. King Of France.
should be trusted with a knife to cut his bread and meat , in lire presence of two . Municipal Officers , and that afterwards the knife should be taken away . '' The two Municipal Officers charged me to inform the King of this , which I refused to do . - ' On entering the eating-room , the King saw the tray in which was the Queen ' s dinner : he asked why his family had been made to wait an hour beyond their time , and said the delay would alarm them ?
He then sat down to table . " I have no knife , " said he . The Municipal Officer , Minier , then mentioned the resolution of the Commune . " Do they think me such a coward , '' said the King , " as to make an attempt upon my own life ? They have imputed crimes to me , but I am innocent of them , and shall die without fear . Would to God , my death mi ght be productive of happiness , to the French , or could avert the miseries I foresee !" . A profound silence ensued . The King eat a little : he helped himself to some stewed beef with a spoon , and broke his bread . He was at dinner but a few minutes .
' I was sitting in my chamber , a prey to the deepest amicuon , when about six in the evening , Garat returned to the Tower . I went to announce him to the King ; but Santerre , who was before him , walked up to his Majestv , and in a low voice , and with a smile upon his face , said : — " Here is the Executive Council . '' The Minister coming forward , told the King that he had carried his letter to the Convention , which had charged | iim to deliver the following answer : —" That
Louis should be at liberty to send for any Minister of-worship he . should think proper , and to see his family freely and without witness ; that the Nation , ever great and everjust , would take into consideration the state of his family ; that proper indemnifications would be granted to the creditors of his household ; and that respecting the delay of of three daysthe National Convention had passed to the order of the
, day . '' . ' On this reply the King made no observation , but returned to his chamber , where he said to me : " I thought , from Santerre's air and manner , that he came to inform me ofthe delay being granted . '' A young Municipal Officer , whose name was Botson , seeing the
Kinsspeak to me , approached us ; and the King said to him : " You seem concerned at my fate ; accept my thanks for it-. ' * ' The Municipal Officer , surprised , knew not what to answer ; and I was myself as- ' tonished at his Majesty ' s expressions ; for this Municipal Officer , who . was scarcely two-and-twenty , and of a mild and engaging figure , had said only a few minutes before : " ¦ I desired to be on duty at the Temple , to see the grimaces he will make to-morrow . " It was of the King
'hat he spoke . " And I too : ' '—subjoined Merceraut , the stone-cutter , whom 1 mentioned before : — " every body refused to take the duty ; I would not give up this day for a good deal of money . " Such were 'he vile and ferocious men whom the Commune purposely named to guard the King in his last moments . " ¦ " ' For the last four days the King had not seen his Counsel . Such ofthe Commissioners as had shewn themselves concerned for his mis- * fortunes avoided coming near the place , Among so many subjects