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right arm and Bonrcet his left, and remained with him throughout 

 his ordeal. ^''^ Meanwhile heavy blows fell upon the door from 

 without and a panel was forced in. The king cried, " To me, 

 four grenadiers of the national guard ! "^^^ and they rushed to his 

 side. A grenadier said. " Sire, have no fear," and the king, heroic 

 for the first time in his life, replied, "I have no fear; put your 

 hand upon my heart ; it is pure and quiet," and taking the hand of 

 the grenadier, he put it upon his breast.-"" Gosse testifies that 

 oMadame Elizabeth, with tears in her eyes, begged the grenadiers 

 to save the king.-"^ As the tumult outside the door increased, the 

 guards and officers surrounding the king drew their swords for 

 his defense, but Aclocq ordered them to sheath their weapons, 



"*" Rapport d'Aclocq"; Bourcet in Revolution frani;aise, XVII, y^- In 

 the year 1816, two pamphlets appeared written by Joly and Drouet re- 

 spectively, in which both say they were guards with the king on this 

 occasion. Joly, Note historique sur la journee du 20 juin^ 1792, says he 

 was on the king's right. Drouet. Note sur les cvcnements de la journee du 

 20 juiii. 1792, says he held the king's right arm and that Joly was on the 

 left. No other accounts mention these men and their claims contradict 

 the contemporary evidence. 



i9» « Declaration de Gosse " ; " Declaration de Guingerlot." The exact 

 words are from Gosse. The same wording is found in a letter written 

 June 21, by a former member of the estates general who was present in 

 the king's apartments. The letter is unsigned, quoted in Weber, Memoires, 

 II, 179-95. The incident is mentioned by Guingerlot. The four grena- 

 diers, Lecrosnier, Gosse. Bidaut and Guibout, have left their declarations. 

 Another grenadier who was with the king on this day was Tupin. as 

 is seen by certificates of fidelity given him in July by Aclocq, Mandat 

 and D'Hervilly stating that he did not leave the king's side on this occa- 

 sion. Tupin used these certificates in asking the king for a position. 

 See the certificates in Archives nationales, F'4390. 



^"Declaration de LaChesnaye"; Bourcet in Revolution fran^aise, 

 XVn. 73 ; " Deposition de Rougeville " ; " Bulletin avec details sur ce qui 

 s'est passe aux Tuileries le 20 juin, 1792," Klinckowstrom. II, 303. A 

 pamphlet of the time, Recit exact et circonstancic de ce qui s'est passe au 

 chateau des Tuileries le 20 juin, 1792, says this grenadier was Gosse, but 

 Gosse does not mention the incident in his declaration. The pamphlet is 

 anonymous, but is an extract from the Gazette de Paris by Durosoy. It 

 states that it follows the notes of an eye-witness. 



""^ " Declaration de Gosse." 



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