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During The Confinement Of Louis Xvi. King Of France.
DURING THE CONFINEMENT OF LOUIS XVI . KING OF FRANCE .
OCCURRENCES AT THE TEMPLE
^ CONCLUDED FH 3 M 0 UI 1 LAST . ] LOUIS the XVI . was brought to the bar of the National Convention on the nth of December 1792 . The account of what passed in the Temple on that eventful day is highly interesting . 'At nine o ' clockthe King and the Dauphin went up to breakfast
, with the Queen and Princesses : their Majesties remained together an hour , but always , in sig ht of the Municipal Officers . This constant torment which the Royal Family suffered in not being able to give a loose to any unrestrained expression of their feelings , to any free effusion of their hearts , at a moment when they could not but be agi ? rated with so many fears , was one of the most cruel refinements and
deafest delig hts of their tyrants . They were at last obliged to part . The King left the Queen , Madame Elizabeth , and his daughter , and what they dared noTspeak their looks expressed : the Dauphin came down as usual with the King . ' The Prince , who often prevailed on his Majesty to play a game of Siam withhimwas so pressing that day that the Kingin spite of
. ., , his situation , could not refuse him . The Dauphin lost every game , and twice he could get no farther than sixteen . " Whenever , " cried he , in a little pet , " I get to the point of sixteen , I am sure never to win the game . " The King said nothing , but he seem'ed to feel the coincidence of the words .
'At eleven o ' clock , when the King was hearing the Dauphin read , two Municipal Officers walked in and told his Majesty that they were come to carry the young Louis to his mother . The King desired to know why lie was taken away ? The Commissioners replied , that they were executing the orders of the Council of the Commune ; The King tenderly embraced his son , and charged me to conduct liimOn return I assured his Majesty that 1 had delivered the
. my Prince to the Queen , which appeared lo relieve his mind . One of the Municipal Officers came back and informed him that Chambon , Mayor of Paris , was with the Council , and that he was just coming up . " What does he want with me ? " said the King . The Officer answered , that he did not know . ' His Majesty for some minutes walked about his room in niu ' cJ
agitation , then sat down in an armed chair at the head ofthe bed : the door stood a jar , but the Officer did not like to go in ' , wishing , as he told me , to avoid questions : but half aii hour passing thus in dead silence , he became uneasy at not hearing the King move , and went softly iu ; he found him leaning with his head upon his hanu , ap-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
During The Confinement Of Louis Xvi. King Of France.
DURING THE CONFINEMENT OF LOUIS XVI . KING OF FRANCE .
OCCURRENCES AT THE TEMPLE
^ CONCLUDED FH 3 M 0 UI 1 LAST . ] LOUIS the XVI . was brought to the bar of the National Convention on the nth of December 1792 . The account of what passed in the Temple on that eventful day is highly interesting . 'At nine o ' clockthe King and the Dauphin went up to breakfast
, with the Queen and Princesses : their Majesties remained together an hour , but always , in sig ht of the Municipal Officers . This constant torment which the Royal Family suffered in not being able to give a loose to any unrestrained expression of their feelings , to any free effusion of their hearts , at a moment when they could not but be agi ? rated with so many fears , was one of the most cruel refinements and
deafest delig hts of their tyrants . They were at last obliged to part . The King left the Queen , Madame Elizabeth , and his daughter , and what they dared noTspeak their looks expressed : the Dauphin came down as usual with the King . ' The Prince , who often prevailed on his Majesty to play a game of Siam withhimwas so pressing that day that the Kingin spite of
. ., , his situation , could not refuse him . The Dauphin lost every game , and twice he could get no farther than sixteen . " Whenever , " cried he , in a little pet , " I get to the point of sixteen , I am sure never to win the game . " The King said nothing , but he seem'ed to feel the coincidence of the words .
'At eleven o ' clock , when the King was hearing the Dauphin read , two Municipal Officers walked in and told his Majesty that they were come to carry the young Louis to his mother . The King desired to know why lie was taken away ? The Commissioners replied , that they were executing the orders of the Council of the Commune ; The King tenderly embraced his son , and charged me to conduct liimOn return I assured his Majesty that 1 had delivered the
. my Prince to the Queen , which appeared lo relieve his mind . One of the Municipal Officers came back and informed him that Chambon , Mayor of Paris , was with the Council , and that he was just coming up . " What does he want with me ? " said the King . The Officer answered , that he did not know . ' His Majesty for some minutes walked about his room in niu ' cJ
agitation , then sat down in an armed chair at the head ofthe bed : the door stood a jar , but the Officer did not like to go in ' , wishing , as he told me , to avoid questions : but half aii hour passing thus in dead silence , he became uneasy at not hearing the King move , and went softly iu ; he found him leaning with his head upon his hanu , ap-