"We have done our best, but the king will do nothing.

We cannot say we have lost the battle, for we have never tried to win it; but it would be the same thing in the long run." Before hearing what had passed the marquise insisted upon her husband taking refreshment and having his wounds bound up and attended to.
When he had finished his meal the marquis began: "We had a good deal of difficulty in getting into the Tuileries, for the National Guard tried to prevent our passing.

However, we most of us got through; and we found that there were about a hundred assembled, almost all men of family.

The Marshal de Mailly led us into the king's apartment.
"'Sire,' he said, 'here are your faithful nobles, eager to replace your majesty on the throne of your ancestors.' The National Guard in the palace withdrew at once, leaving us alone with the Swiss.
"We formed in the courtyard; and the king, with his hat in his hand, walked down our ranks and those of the Swiss.

He seemed without fear, but he did not speak a word, and did nothing to encourage us.
Several of our party, in trying to make their way to the palace, had been murdered, and the mob cut off their heads and put them on pikes; and these were paraded in the streets within sight of the windows.