Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, volume 6
Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, volume 6
Campan Genet
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MadameElisabeth ran to her brother's apartments; when she reached the door sheheard loud threats of death against the Queen: they called for the head ofthe Austrian. "Ah! let them think I am the Queen, " she said to thosearound her, "that she may have time to escape. " The Queen could not join the King; she was in the council chamber, whereshe had been placed behind the great table to protect her, as much aspossible, against the approach of the barbarians. Preserving a noble andbecoming demeano...ur in this dreadful situation, she held the Dauphin beforeher, seated upon the table. Madame was at her side; the Princesse deLamballe, the Princesse de Tarente, Madame de la Roche-Aymon, Madame deTourzel, and Madame de Mackau surrounded her. She had fixed a tricolouredcockade, which one of the National Guard had given her, upon her head. The poor little Dauphin was, like the King, shrouded in an enormous redcap. The horde passed in files before the table; [One of the circumstances of the 20th of June which most vexed the King'sfriends being that of his wearing the bonnet rouge nearly three hours, Iventured to ask him for some explanation of a fact so strikingly incontrast with the extraordinary intrepidity shown by his Majesty duringthat horrible day.
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