Roederer, the procureur-general of the department of Paris, came to the king and pressed him to leave the Tuileries.
"'There are not five minutes to lose, sire,' he said.

'There is no safety for your majesty but in the National Assembly.' "The queen resisted; but upon Roederer saying that an enormous crowd with cannon were coming, and that delay would endanger the lives of the whole of the royal family, he went.

But he thought of us, and asked what was to become of us.

Roederer said that, as we were not in uniform, by leaving our swords behind us we could pass through the crowd without being recognized.

The king moved on, followed by the queen, Madam Elizabeth, and the children.