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Elizabeth remained with the king. When she was asked to retire 

 she said, " I will not leave the king." Aclocq tells us that since 

 the window recess in which the king sat was not large enough for 

 both, he placed Madame Elizabeth in a window adjoining, with 

 M. de Marsilly, but she was not able to remain long and went to 

 join the queen. ^°^ Six guards placed themselves in front of the 

 king to protect him from the pressure of the crowd. Four were 

 grenadiers, one a cannoneer and one an officer of chasseurs. The 

 devoted Marshal Mouchy, in spite of his age, would not leave his 

 lord for a moment.^"^ 



The crowd, armed with guns, pikes, clubs and sabers, advanced 

 and soon filled the hall. Louis XVI, calm, tried to speak, saying, 

 " What do you wish ? I am your king. I have never turned aside 

 from the constitution." One of the guards at his side testifies 

 that the king waved his hat to the crowd crying, " Vive la 

 nation! ''^'^'^ but his voice was drowned in cries of, "Down with 

 the veto ! Recall the patriotic ministers ! "-^^ 



The hall was literally filled with a restless sea of heads, arms, 

 guns, pikes and swords. One of the guards standing beside the 

 king says that the heart of a calf marked, " Heart of an aristo- 

 crat," was carried aloft on the end of a fork and passed before 



^°* " Rapport d'Aclocq"; Aclocq is the only one of the guards who says 

 that Madame Elizabeth was placed in a window recess, but Lecrosnier 

 and Gosse speak of her accompanying the king to the oetl-de-bceuf. Guin- 

 gerlot also says she would not leave the king. See " Declaration de 

 Lecrosnier " ; " Declaration de Gosse " ; " Declaration de Guingerlot." 

 Fontaine says she was led out of the hall before the doors were opened. 

 Aclocq is the only guard who speaks of her after the doors were opened. 

 His statement is borne out by " Bulletin avec details sur de qui s'est passe 

 aux Tuileries le 20 juin, 1792," Klinckowstrom, II, 303. Madame Tour- 

 zelle, who was with the queen, says Madame Elizabeth soon came back. 

 See her Recit of June 22. 



^'"Rapport d'Aclocq"; Bourcet in Revolution frangaise, XVII, 73; 

 " Declaration de Guingerlot." Among these guards were Fontaine, Le- 

 crosnier, Gosse, Bidaut and Guibout. See their declarations. 



"" " Declaration de Fontaine " ; " Declaration de LaChesnaye " ; " Proces- 

 verbal dresse par Patris"; Bourcet in Revolution frangaise, XVII, 73. 

 The exact wording is that of Fontaine. 



^''Ibid., XVII, 73; "Declaration de Guibout." 



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