ered too weak, was to be strengthened on the
following day by heavy bars, and supplied with an enormous lock brought
from the prisons of the Chatelet. The Queen was put on the second
floor, and the King on the third. On entering his chamber, Louis XVI.
found a miserable bed in an alcove without tapestry or curtains. He
showed neither ill humor nor surprise. Engravings, indecent for the
most part, covered the walls. He {342} took them down himself. "I
will not leave such objects before my children's eyes," said he. Then
he lay down and slept tranquilly.

The first days of captivity were relatively calm. The prisoners
consoled themselves by their family life, reading, and, above all,
prayer. Forgetting that he had been a king, and remembering that he
was a father, Louis XVI. gave lessons to the Dauphin. "It would have
been worth while for the whole nation to be present at these lessons;
they would have been both surprised and touched at all the sensible,
cordial, and kindly things the good King found to say when the map of
France lay spread out before him, or concerning the chronology of his
predecessors. Everything in his remarks showed the love he bore his
subjects and how greatly his paternal heart desired their happiness.
What great and useful lessons one could learn in listening to this
captive king instructing a child born to the throne and condemned to
share the captivity of his parents." (_Souvenirs de Quarante Ans_, by
Madame de Bearn, _nee_ de Tourzel.)

All those who had been authorized to follow the royal family to the
Temple--the Princess de Lamballe, Madame de Tourzel and her daughter,
Mesdames Thibaud, Basire, Navarre, MM. de Chamilly and Francois
Hue--surrounded the captives with the most respectful and devoted
attentions. But these noble courtiers of misfortune, these voluntary
prisoners who were so glad to be associated in their {343} master's
trials, were not long to enjoy an honor they had so keenly desired. In
the night of August 18-19, two municipal officers presented themselves,
who were commissioned to fetch away "all persons not belonging to the
Capet family." The Queen pointed out in vain that the Princess de
Lamballe was her relative. The Princess must go with the others. "In
our position," has said Madame de Tourzel, the governess of the
children of France, "there was nothing to do but obey. We dressed
ourselves and then went to the Queen, to whom I resigned that dear
little