Volume 3 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link book Volume 3 (of 6) 43/46 Speech of M.Alos, an eye-witness. (The king does this twice, using about the same words, the first time immediately on the irruption of the crowd, and the second time probably after Vergniaud's harangue.)] [Footnote 2552: The engraving in the "Revolutions de Paris" represents him seated, and separated from the crowd by an empty space; that is a falsehood of the party..] [Footnote 2553: The queen produces the same impression. Prudhomme, in his journal, calls her "the Austrian panther," which word well expresses the idea of her in the faubourgs. A prostitute stops before her and bestows on her a volley of curses. The reply of the queen is: "Have I ever done you any wrong ?" "No; but it is you who do so much harm to the nation." "You have been deceived," replies the queen. |