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ed on the lips of the King, and he stood for some moments incapable of utterance; but, recovering, added)--'To Paris!' "The Queen, at the word Paris, became frantic. She flung herself wildly into the arms of her friends. "'Nous sommes perdus! nous sommes perdus!' cried she, in a passion of tears. But her dread was not for herself. She felt only for the danger to which the King was now going to expose himself; and she flew to him, and hung on his neck. "'And what,' exclaimed she, 'is to become of all our faithful friends and attendants!' "'I advise them all,' answered His Majesty, 'to make the best of their way out of France; and that as soon as possible.' "By this time, the apartments of the Queen were filled with the attendants and the royal children, anxiously expecting every moment to receive the Queen's command to proceed on their journey, but they were all ordered to retire to whence they came. "The scene was that of a real tragedy. Nothing broke the silence but groans of the deepest affliction. Our consternation at the counter order cast all into a state of stupefied insensibility. "The Queen was the only one whose fortitude bore her up proudly under this weight of misfortunes. Recovering from the frenzy of the first impression, she adjured her friends, by the love and obedience they had ever shown her and the King, to prepare immediately to fulfil his mandate and make themselves ready for the cruel separation! "The Duchesse de Polignac and myself were, for some hours, in a state of agony and delirium. "When the Queen saw the body-guards drawn up to accompany the King's departure, she ran to the window, threw apart the sash, and was going to speak to them, to recommend the King to their care; but the Count Fersen prevented it. "'For God's sake, Madame,'--exclaimed he, 'do not commit yourself to the suspicion of having any doubts of the people!' "When the King entered to take leave of her, and of all his most faithful attendants, he could only articulate, 'Adieu!' But when the Queen saw him accompanied by the Comte d'Estaing and others, whom, from their new principles, she knew to be popular favourites, she had command enough of herself not to shed a tear in their presence. "No sooner, however, had the King left the room than it was as much as the Count Fersen, Princesse Elizabeth, and all of us could do to recover her from the most violent convulsions. At last, coming to herself,
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