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queen was to aid in clearing the apartments ; among them were 

 Champion and Leroux.^'^'^ Two rows of national guards had been 

 drawn up by LaChesnaye, chief of the sixth legion, extending 

 from the a^U-dc-ba-nf through the state bed chamber, the council 

 hall, and the corridors to an outside entrance and the crowd 

 passed out between them.^^'- ^Municipal officers continued to urge 

 the people on, but many lingered, asking what answer the king 

 had made to the demand for the recall of the vetoes and for the 

 return of the patriotic ministry. Some complained that they had 

 been brought there for nothing, but that they woidd return and 

 would have what they wished. Two guards testified that they 

 heard Santerre say on starting from the chateau, " The king has 

 been hard to move to-day. We will return to-morrow ; we will 

 make him give in."^''^ At about half past eight every one had 

 retired and the queen and the royal family joined the king in 

 his apartment. Weeping, they threw themselves into each other's 

 arms and a touching scene followed. ^^^* 



The deputies who entered the king's apartment with him re- 

 mained for a time, when a second and then a third deputation 

 from the assembly came in. These had all been required by 

 municipal officers outside to show their cards before entering.^"' 

 The last deputation arrived about nine o'clock and talked with 

 the king and his family about an hour. The queen took them to 



dumb and Guffroy says she wept. See their declarations in Kccueil de 

 pieces, XXXVII. 



*'*' Recit de Madame Tourzelle ; Bulletin avec details sur ce qui s'est passe 

 aux Tuilleries le 20 juin, 1792. Letter of J. B. Mosneron in Revue 

 d'histoire moderne et contemporaine, XI, 116. 



**" Declarations of Champion and J. J. Leroux. 



^" " Declaration de LaChesnaye " ; " Proces-verbal dresse par Sergent." 



*" " Proces-verbal dresse par Hii"; Azema, Letter of June 20, 1792, in 

 Rh'olution frani;aise, XX\'II, 172; "Declaration du commandant du 

 deuxieme bataillon de la quatrieme legion et plusieurs grenadiers et volon- 

 taires du meme bataillon," signed Blouet and Pical. 



'""Declaration de Gosse"; Bourcet in Rh'olution franQaise, XXl, yy; 

 Letter of J. B. Mosneron to Louis XVIII, in Revue d'histoire moderne 

 et contemporaine, XI, 116; Xote historique sur la journee du 20 juin, 179s, 

 par le Sr. Joly. 



^ " Proces-verbal dresse par Sergent.'' 



