LA FUITE DE VARENNES

120 ^ ^^ ^* Varennss the Varennes jtighi or theJUght to ' Varennes: P.G. p. 217 (80a). 1. le roi et la reine : Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, who at this time (1791), though nominally free and reigning, were really kept in confinement in their palace of the Tuileries in Paris under the eye of the Revolutionary Assembly. 2. lenr eouoher their retiring, It was the custom for the king and queen to receive while going to bed, only the more intimate or distinguished courtiers being admitted at this time. 8. Madame Elisabeth was the king's sister. He had two children — a daughter 8 years old (Madame Soyale), and a son (le Dauphin) aged 7. 18. M. de Fersen had charge of ail the arrangements for the escape of the royal family. 20. Carrousel: the square between the two palaces of the Tuileries and the Louvre. 22. The Marqnis of La Fayette was charged with the oversight of the royal captives.

^22 ^' Monsieur: brother of the king, afterwards Louis ' XVIII. The oldest brother of the French king was always called simply Monsieur. 12. figure bourbonnienne Bourbon face, Bourbon was the name of the royal family which reigned in France for over 200 years, and to which Louis XVI. belonged.