Not that I would have her die, if it were possible that she could be allowed to live." "It is not possible," said Robespierre.

"To have been Queen of France, is in itself a crime which it would have been necessary that she should expiate, even had she shown herself mistress of all the virtues which could adorn a woman." "And she is not possessed of one," said Lebas.

"She was beautiful, but her beauty was a stain upon her, for she was voluptuous.

She was talented, but her talents were all turned to evil, for they only enabled her to intrigue against her adopted country.

She had the disposal of wealth, with which she might have commanded the blessings of the poor, and she wasted it in vain frivolities.