[The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Charles Duke Yonge]@TWC D-Link bookThe Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France CHAPTER VII 7/16
the submission of the city.
But Henry was as yet only the chief of a party, not the accepted sovereign of the whole nation; and the enthusiasm with which half the citizens rained their shouts of exultation in his honor had its drawback in the sullen silence of the other half, who regarded the great Bourbon as their conqueror rather than their king, and his triumphant entrance as their defeat and humiliation. To-day all the citizens were but one party.
As but one voice was heard, so but one heart gave utterance to it.
The joy was as unanimous as it was loud.
From the city gates the royal party passed on to the great national cathedral of Notre Dame, and from thence to the church dedicated by Clovis, the first Christian king, to St.Genevieve, whose recent restoration was the most creditable work of the present reign, and which subsequently, under the new name of the Pantheon, was destined to become the resting-place of many of the worthies whose memory the nation cherishes with enduring pride.
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