The king's speech to the Assembly after the Lamourette kiss.

"I confess to you, M.
President, that I was very anxious for the deputation to arrive, that I might hasten to the Assembly."] [Footnote 2617: Moniteur, XIII.

313 (session of Aug.

3).

The declaration read in the king's name must be weighed sentence by sentence; it sums up his conduct with perfect exactness and thus ends: "What are personal dangers to a king, from whom they would take the love of his people?
This is what affects me most.