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Authentic Memoirs Of The Last Year Of Louis The Sixteenth.
he had accepted the rank of admiral ; he likewise paid me a visit ; - and , amongst other matters , he assured me , that he set the higher value upon the favour which the King had conferred him , because it gave him the means of convincing his Majesty how much his sentiments had been calumniated . This declaration was made . with an air of great openness and sincerity , and accompanied with the warmest protestations of loyalty . " 1 am very unfortunate" said he " without
, , deserving to be so . A thousand atrocities have been laid to my charge , of which I am completely innocent . I have been supp . sed guilty ' -by many , merely because I have disdained to enter into any justification of myself from crimes of which I have a real horror . You are the first minister to whom I ever said as much , because you are the only one whose character ever inspired me with confidtnce . Y . u will
soon have an opportunity of judg ing whether my conduct gives the lie to my words . " 'He ' pronounced these last words with a voice and manner which convinced me he meant them as ah answer to the air of inciedulity with which I listened to him . I answered him , tha : J was so much afraid of weakening the force of his expressionsin reporting them to
, the King , as he desiied I should , that I begged of him to deliver them himseifto his Majesty . He replied , that it was precisely what he wished ; and that if he could flatter himself that the King would receive him , he would oo to the' court next day . ' I gave his Majesty an account , the same evening , at the council , of the visit I had received from the Duke of Orleans , and all that had
passed ; adding , that I could not help being convinced of the sincerity of his professions . The-King resolved to receive him ; and the following day had a conversation with him of moje than half an hour , - with which his Majesty appeared to be well satisfied . " I am of your opinion , " said he to me , " that he returns to us with sincerity , and that he will do all that depends on him to repair the mischiefs which have been committed in his nameand in which
, , very possibly , he has not had so great a share as we have suspected . " 'The following Sunday the Duke cf Orleans came to the King ' s , levee , where he met with the most mortifying reception from the courtiers , who were ignorant of what had passed , and from the royalists , who usually came on that day to pay their court to the royal famil They pressed round himtreading designedlupon his
toesy . , y , and pushiny him towards the door . When he went into the Queen ' s apartment , where the cloth was already laid , as scon as he appeared , they cried out on every side , " let nobody approach the dishes ; " insinuating that he mi g ht throw poison into thern . ' The insulting murmurs which his presence excited , forced him to vetive -without having seen any of the voyal family . He was pursued
to the top of the stairs ; and , as he was going down , some spit over the staircase upon him . He hastened out , filled witli rage and indignation , and convinced that the King and Queen were the authors of these outrages , of which they were not only ignorant , but extremely concerned when they were infoimed of them . From that moment the Duke of Orleans conceived implacable hatred , and vowed vengeance against the King and Queen . He kept his oath but too well .
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Authentic Memoirs Of The Last Year Of Louis The Sixteenth.
he had accepted the rank of admiral ; he likewise paid me a visit ; - and , amongst other matters , he assured me , that he set the higher value upon the favour which the King had conferred him , because it gave him the means of convincing his Majesty how much his sentiments had been calumniated . This declaration was made . with an air of great openness and sincerity , and accompanied with the warmest protestations of loyalty . " 1 am very unfortunate" said he " without
, , deserving to be so . A thousand atrocities have been laid to my charge , of which I am completely innocent . I have been supp . sed guilty ' -by many , merely because I have disdained to enter into any justification of myself from crimes of which I have a real horror . You are the first minister to whom I ever said as much , because you are the only one whose character ever inspired me with confidtnce . Y . u will
soon have an opportunity of judg ing whether my conduct gives the lie to my words . " 'He ' pronounced these last words with a voice and manner which convinced me he meant them as ah answer to the air of inciedulity with which I listened to him . I answered him , tha : J was so much afraid of weakening the force of his expressionsin reporting them to
, the King , as he desiied I should , that I begged of him to deliver them himseifto his Majesty . He replied , that it was precisely what he wished ; and that if he could flatter himself that the King would receive him , he would oo to the' court next day . ' I gave his Majesty an account , the same evening , at the council , of the visit I had received from the Duke of Orleans , and all that had
passed ; adding , that I could not help being convinced of the sincerity of his professions . The-King resolved to receive him ; and the following day had a conversation with him of moje than half an hour , - with which his Majesty appeared to be well satisfied . " I am of your opinion , " said he to me , " that he returns to us with sincerity , and that he will do all that depends on him to repair the mischiefs which have been committed in his nameand in which
, , very possibly , he has not had so great a share as we have suspected . " 'The following Sunday the Duke cf Orleans came to the King ' s , levee , where he met with the most mortifying reception from the courtiers , who were ignorant of what had passed , and from the royalists , who usually came on that day to pay their court to the royal famil They pressed round himtreading designedlupon his
toesy . , y , and pushiny him towards the door . When he went into the Queen ' s apartment , where the cloth was already laid , as scon as he appeared , they cried out on every side , " let nobody approach the dishes ; " insinuating that he mi g ht throw poison into thern . ' The insulting murmurs which his presence excited , forced him to vetive -without having seen any of the voyal family . He was pursued
to the top of the stairs ; and , as he was going down , some spit over the staircase upon him . He hastened out , filled witli rage and indignation , and convinced that the King and Queen were the authors of these outrages , of which they were not only ignorant , but extremely concerned when they were infoimed of them . From that moment the Duke of Orleans conceived implacable hatred , and vowed vengeance against the King and Queen . He kept his oath but too well .