The king had been the first to avail himself of this liberty, and had not thrown open the chapel of the Tuileries to the constitutional worship.

The choice of his confessor sufficiently indicated the choice of his conscience.

The man in him protested against the political necessities which oppressed the monarch.

The Girondists wished to compel him to declare himself.

If he yielded to them, he infringed upon his dignity; if he resisted, he lost the remaining shreds of his popularity.