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During The Confinement Of Louis Xvi. King Of France.
parently in deep thought . The King , on being disturbed , said , raising his voice : " What do you want with me ?' — " 1 was afraid , " answered the Officer , " that you were ill . "— " I am obliged to you , " replied the King , in an accent replete with anguish , " but the manner in which they have taken my son from me cuts me to the heart . ' The Municipal Officer withdrew without saying a word . ' The Mayor did not make his appearance till one o ' clock . He was
accompanied by Chaurnette , Solicitor to the Commune , Coulombeau , Secretary ofthe Rolls , several Municipal Officers , and Sanferre , Commander in Chief of the National Guards , attended by his aid-de-camps . The Mayer told the King that he came to conduct him . to the Convention , by virtue of a decree , which the Secretary to the Commune would read to
him . The import of the decree was , " that Louis Capet should be brought to the bar ofthe National Convention . " —— . " Capet , " said the King , " is not my name : it is that of one of my ancestors . " He added , " I could have wished , Sir , that the Commissioners had left my son with me during the two hours I have passed waiting for you : but this treatment is . of a piece with the rest I have met with here for these four months . I am read y to follow you , not in obedience to the Convention , but because my enemies have the
power in their hands . " I gave his Majesty his great coat and hat , and he followed the Mayor . A strong body of guards was waiting for him at the gate ofthe Temple . ' - < At half past six o'clock , the King returned : he appeared fatigued , and the first thing he did was to desire to be shown to his family . This was objected to , under the pretence of having no orders : he insisted that they should at least be informed of his returnwhich was
, promised him . The King then ordered me to speak for his supper at half past eight ; he employed the interval of two hours in reading , as usual , but all the while surrounded by four Municipal . Officers . ' At half past eight , I informed his-Majesty that supper was served . He asked the Commissioners if his family were not coming down ? They made him no answer . " But at least , " said the King , " my son , is to
sleep in my apartment , as his bed and things are here ? " " Still no reply . After supper ,, the King renewed his solicitations to see his famil y : and was told that he must wait the determination ofthe Convention . I then delivered up the Dauphin ' s night things . ' When . I was undressing the King for bed , he said , that he could never have conceived ail the questions they had put to him ; and then lay down with great tranquillity . *
We shall close our memoir of this unfortunate Monarch With , one more , and that the last extract from this dismal but at the same time authentic narration of wanton insults , cruel severities , and indignant contumelies , which we cannot read without abhorrence , and could not believe were they in the least doubtful . ' At seven o ' clock , the King , coming out of his closet , called tome , and taking me within the recess of the window , said : " You will give this Seal to my Son—this Ring to the Queen ,-and assure , nfcr that it is with pain I part with" it—this little packet contains the hair
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
During The Confinement Of Louis Xvi. King Of France.
parently in deep thought . The King , on being disturbed , said , raising his voice : " What do you want with me ?' — " 1 was afraid , " answered the Officer , " that you were ill . "— " I am obliged to you , " replied the King , in an accent replete with anguish , " but the manner in which they have taken my son from me cuts me to the heart . ' The Municipal Officer withdrew without saying a word . ' The Mayor did not make his appearance till one o ' clock . He was
accompanied by Chaurnette , Solicitor to the Commune , Coulombeau , Secretary ofthe Rolls , several Municipal Officers , and Sanferre , Commander in Chief of the National Guards , attended by his aid-de-camps . The Mayer told the King that he came to conduct him . to the Convention , by virtue of a decree , which the Secretary to the Commune would read to
him . The import of the decree was , " that Louis Capet should be brought to the bar ofthe National Convention . " —— . " Capet , " said the King , " is not my name : it is that of one of my ancestors . " He added , " I could have wished , Sir , that the Commissioners had left my son with me during the two hours I have passed waiting for you : but this treatment is . of a piece with the rest I have met with here for these four months . I am read y to follow you , not in obedience to the Convention , but because my enemies have the
power in their hands . " I gave his Majesty his great coat and hat , and he followed the Mayor . A strong body of guards was waiting for him at the gate ofthe Temple . ' - < At half past six o'clock , the King returned : he appeared fatigued , and the first thing he did was to desire to be shown to his family . This was objected to , under the pretence of having no orders : he insisted that they should at least be informed of his returnwhich was
, promised him . The King then ordered me to speak for his supper at half past eight ; he employed the interval of two hours in reading , as usual , but all the while surrounded by four Municipal . Officers . ' At half past eight , I informed his-Majesty that supper was served . He asked the Commissioners if his family were not coming down ? They made him no answer . " But at least , " said the King , " my son , is to
sleep in my apartment , as his bed and things are here ? " " Still no reply . After supper ,, the King renewed his solicitations to see his famil y : and was told that he must wait the determination ofthe Convention . I then delivered up the Dauphin ' s night things . ' When . I was undressing the King for bed , he said , that he could never have conceived ail the questions they had put to him ; and then lay down with great tranquillity . *
We shall close our memoir of this unfortunate Monarch With , one more , and that the last extract from this dismal but at the same time authentic narration of wanton insults , cruel severities , and indignant contumelies , which we cannot read without abhorrence , and could not believe were they in the least doubtful . ' At seven o ' clock , the King , coming out of his closet , called tome , and taking me within the recess of the window , said : " You will give this Seal to my Son—this Ring to the Queen ,-and assure , nfcr that it is with pain I part with" it—this little packet contains the hair