and himself took up his son,
and dressed him. Louis scarcely left Clery's bedside all day, bringing
him drink, and doing all the little services he could think of. The
king found a moment to tell Clery, unobserved, that he should see the
physician the next day; and the princesses went to visit him in the
evening, when the Princess Elizabeth slipped into his hand some medicine
which had been brought for her, as she was yet far from well. It
distressed Clery to accept this, and to know how the ladies undertook
his duties,--the queen putting Louis to bed, and the Princess Elizabeth
dressing the king's hair. The Princess Elizabeth asked for medicines,
as if for herself, that Clery might have them, even after he had left
his bed, to which he was confined for six days. Among other things she
had obtained a box of ipecacuanha lozenges for his cough. Having had no
opportunity of giving these to Clery during the day, she left them with
Louis when she bade him good-night, thinking that Clery would be
up-stairs presently. This was before nine. It was just eleven when
Clery came up, to turn down the king's bed. Louis called to him in a
low voice; and Clery was afraid that he was ill, as he was not asleep.
"No," Louis said, "I am not ill; but I have a little box to give you. I
am glad you are come, at last, for I could hardly keep my eyes open; and
they have been shut several times, I believe." Seeing that Clery was
moved, Louis kissed him; and then was asleep in a minute.

At five in the morning of the 11th of December, everybody in the Temple
was awakened by the noise of cavalry and cannon entering the garden, and
the drums beating throughout the city. Louis did not know what this
meant; but his parents understood that the king was to be brought to
trial, and that this noise arose from the military preparations for the
great event. His father took him by the hand, and led him to breakfast,
as usual, at nine o'clock. Nobody said much, because the guards were in
the room; but he saw his father and mother look very expressively at
each other when he and his father were going downstairs again, at ten
o'clock. He went to his lessons, as usual, and was reading to the king,
when two officers came from the magistrates, to say that they must
immediately take Louis to his mother. Argument was useless; so Clery
was desired to go with the boy. On his return, Clery gave comfort to
the king by assuring him that Louis really was