Bondy is a village a few miles east of Paris

3. Le coucher was a réception preceding the retiring of the royal family, to which only certain privileged persons were admitted.

Page 12. — 1. Madame royale was the officiai title of the oldest daughter of the king of France. Madame Elisabeth was his sister. She was noted for her nobility of character and perished on the scaffold in 1794. Dauphin was the officiai title of the oldest son of the king of France. The one spoken of hère was Louis, known in history as Louis XVII, although he was never out of prison after the death of his father. He died June 8th, 1795.

2. The Quai des Théatins, now called Quai Voltaire, is just across the Seine from the Tuileries, with which it is connected by the Pont-Royal, mentioned below.

3. bourgeoises, ordinary, such as any citizen {bourgeois) might hâve. The royal family usually had carriages of a spécial design.