He neither desired to reconquer nor to avenge himself.

All he desired was, that his sincerity should be appreciated by the people, order re-established within and power without; that the Assembly, receding from the encroachments it had made on the executive power, should raise the constitution, correct its errors, and restore to royalty that power indispensable for the weal of the kingdom.
The queen herself, although of a mind more powerful and absolute, was convinced by necessity, and joined the king in his intentions; but the king, who had not two wills, had nevertheless two administrations, and two policies, one in France with his constitutional ministers, and another without with his brothers, and his agents with other powers.
Baron de Breteuil, and M.de Calonne, rivals in intrigue, spake and diplomatised in his name.

The king disowned them, sometimes with, and sometimes without, sincerity, in his official letters to ambassadors.
This was not hypocrisy, it was weakness; a captive king, who speaks aloud to his jailers and in whispers to his friends, is excusable.

These two languages not always agreeing, gave to Louis XVI.

the appearance of disloyalty and treason: he did not betray, he hesitated.
His brothers, and especially the Comte d'Artois, did violence from without to his wishes, interpreting his silence according to their own desires.