Marie Antoinette and Her Son

s at all the squares, and listened with abated breath to the speakers who had taken their stand am

n from the jurisdiction of his rightful judges; he has been denied an ecclesiastical tribunal, and he is to be tried before Parliament as if he were an ordinary servant of the king; secular judges are going to sit in judgment upon this great church dignitary, and to charge him with a crime, when no crime has been committed! For what has he done, the grand almoner of France, cardinal, and cousin of the king? A lady, whom he believed to be in the queen's confidence, had told him that the queen wanted to procure a set of jewels, which she was unfortunately not able to buy, because her coffers, as a natural result of her well-known extravagance, were empty. The lady indicated to the lord cardinal that the queen would be delighted if he w

e mob. "The lord cardinal is a nobl

he cobbler Simon, who was standing amid the crowd, and a

ter bed," cried a shrieking voice; "hear what has occurred to-day. I can tell you accurately, for I have just come from Pa

p quiet there! keep still there! We wa

d the voice. "I am only little in comparison with you, as every one is li

ttle farther away " hear that, he calls us majesties! He seems

own upon the prince royal, who is young, f

od farthest away, pressing forward. "What did he say? He mus

th an open, spirited countenance, and a bold, defiant bearing,

up on my shoulder, and, but see, it is our fri

brewery is a better medicine for the people than all my electuaries can be. And you, my worthy friend of the hop-pole, wi

the little crooked man by both arms, swung him up

sonage in the city. But Marat, too, the horse-doctor of the Count d'Artois, as he called himself derisively, the doctor of poverty and misfortune, as his flatterers te

assive proportions towered up above the lofty trees of the gardens

s and pray, as poor sinners do before their judgment? But no. You do not see and you do not hear. Your ears are deaf and your hearts are sealed! Behind the lofty walls of Versailles, which a m

t the Franciscan, and joined the throng in whose midst stood Santerre, with Mar

when the gentry have made them sick, and taken the very marrow from their

tion, tread the tyrant under your feet, then the young prince, the people, will rule over France, and the beautiful words of the Bible will be fulfilled: 'There shall be one fold and one shepherd.' I have taken this improvised throne on the shoulders of a noble citizen only to tell you of an impropriety which the Queen

was the cry from all sid

r from his pocket, and began to

Navarre, to our dear and faithful counsellors, m

Bohmer and Bassenge had delivered the said necklace to the said cardinal, and had not received the first payment, they applied to the queen herself. We have beheld, not without righteous indignation, the eminent name, which in many ways is so dear to us, lightly spoken of, and denied the respect which is due to the royal majesty. We have thought that it pertains to the jurisdiction of our court to give a hearing to the said cardi

she dictates to him. She says in this paper that these precautions have been taken in order that she may learn who are the persons who have joined in the attack upon her distinguished and much-loved person. Who, then, is the abettor of Madame Valois? Who has received the diamonds from the cardinal, through the instrumentality of Madame Valois? I assert, it is the queen who has done it. She received the jewels, and now she denies the whole story. And now this woman Lamotte-Va

mes are coming. Be still, Marat, be still! You must not be arres

reet that led to the square on the side of the Tuileries,

m of the brewer. The crowd opened and made way for him, and

ee and converse with his relatives, although, it is true, in the presence of the governor of the Bastile. But Foulon was a very pious Catholic, and kept a respectful distance from the lord cardinal, who never failed on such occasions to give him his blessing. In the many hearings which the cardinal had to undergo, the president of the committee of investigation treated him with extreme consideration, and if

in the Bastile; but people were anxious to learn decisively whether Count Cagliostro, the wonder-doctor, had been seized. The story ran that a young woman in Brussels, who ha

nterest, which, after many months, was still far from a

n to the Countess Lamotte-Valois, and only once through her chamberlain. Weber had never sent her an

e had had during the last years poor harvests. The people were suffering from a want of the bare necessities of life. The taxes could not be colle

to cause those to rejoice whom she loved; so pleasant to see that charming smile upon the countenance of the Duchess de Polignac- -that smile which only appeared when she had succeeded in making others happy. For

ious, proud, and avaricious; behind the Duchess Diana stood the three favorites of the royal society in Trianon -L

asked whether the queen could not grant their demands. Louis granted all the requests to the queen, and Marie Antoinett

They gave the king over to his wife who ruled through him, and who, in turn, was governed by the Polignacs and the other favorites. To them and to their friends belonged all places, all honors; to them all applied who wanted to gain any thing for the court, and even they who wanted to get justice done them.

y peasant-girl of Trianon had been unchanged in heart; but those to whom she had given her heart, those who had joined in her harmless amusement in her village there, were changed! They had cast aside the idyllic masks with

her friends, trusted them, depended upon their love, was happy in their neighbo

s, placed their favorites in places of powe

r but the ruled,-when she saw that she was not acting out her own will, bu

should be his first confidante, and that he should take me to be his chief adviser, for his interests are mine, and these children are mine, and surely no one can speak more truly and honestly to the King of France than his queen, his wife, the mother of his children!

n the same relation to the queen that she did to the king- she yielded, no

terer, the courtier of Polignac, received the important appointment, although Marie Antoinette experienced twinges of conscience for it, and did not trust the man whom she herself advanced to this high place. Public opinion, meanw

e language of sadness and despair, developed the need and the misfortune of the land. The king gave the chief minister of police strict injunctions to send him all these ephemeral publications. He wanted to read them all, wanted to f

a limitation of the great pensions which were paid to favorites. The great stable of the king must be reduced, the chief directorship of the post bureau must be

, and next to him the Duke de Coigny. The Duke de Polignac was also chief director of the post department. His wife, Dia

ced. The whole circle of intimate friends resorted to Trianon, to have an interview with the queen, to receive from her the as

the first time, made a s

to dare opposing it. May the king reign! It is his duty and his right, as it is the

e may lose tomorrow what he holds to-day; down to this time that has always been the Turkish

es alienation and unkindly feeling. The mask of devoted courtiers and true servants had for the first time fallen from their faces, and Marie Antoin

ad been wounded with a dagger. She felt as if she must cry aloud with pain

ust all learn to put up with limitations and a reduction of outlay. But we can still remain good friends, and here in Trianon pass many pleasant days with one another in harmless gayety and happy contentment. Come, my friends, let us for

iends into the next apartment, where the billiard- table stood. She took up her c

had not obeyed her call. Only the Duke de Coigny, whom she had s

shot from the e

companions not hear that I comm

recalled the fact that your majesty once made it a rule here in Trianon that every one should

you bring reproaches against me

fe, and does your majesty desire that I should be contented? No, I am not contented. No, I do as the others do. I am full of anger and p

th flashing anger, "you go too far, you fo

no subjects! You yourself have said it, and I at least will hold to your words,

ch Marie Antoinette had received from her brother, the Emperor Joseph. It was made of a single rhinoceros skin, and was ador

nestly. "You deceive yourself, that is

as if this were the latest fashion, to do what one pleases with the property of others; I shall hasten to have a

e, and gave the stroke. But it was so passionately given, and in such rage, that the cue gl

ignation, and, raising the hand, pointe

y, "I release you from the duty of ever co

ht, careless obeisance to the queen, and left the billiard-hall with a quick step

ep sigh, she took up the bits of the broken cue and went into her little porce

e her, Marie Antoinette sank with a deep sigh into an arm-

nce, my spirit, my heart itself. They will leave me nothing but pain and misfortune, a