1804.] 
was nearly half full, and found the liquor 
in it to be fo weak, containing fo little 
wine, that he would have preterred pure 
water. Had it not been left by his Ma- 
jetty, he certainly would not have drunk 
ae the elals. 
The three gardes-dit-corps having dif- 
covered that the Deputies wifhed to en- 
gage them to adapt the aziform of the na- 
trional-guards, confu'ted together how 
they might, without giving offence, avoid 
taking that fép, now no longer a matter 
of indifference, but regarded as a public 
declaration of the political fentiments of 
thofe who took it ; Nay, even of open 
hoftility to the caule of royalty. 
. They accordingly, while aififing his 
Majefty to undtets, at Meaux, . faid, 
‘© Sire, we have afavour to requeft from 
your Majefty.” 
“ Speak, (anfwered the King,) what 
can I do for.you ?” 
«© It is, (replied they,) that, if thefe 
Deputies fhall propofe any thing to your 
Majefty immediately concerning us, you 
will be pleafed merely to leave us to act as 
ave may think ‘bef, and to give us no 
cgenmands whatever ou the bufinefs, be it 
what it may, 
ai wet (faid the King,) I leave Jou 
eatirely mafiers of your ovwn conduct.” 
When his Majefty retired to reft, the 
gardes-du-corps returned to the faloon, 
which communicated between his apart- 
ment and that of the Queen and Princels 
Elizabeth ; for this admirable priocefs 
never quitted her Majefty during her afilic- 
tions, but conftantly flept in the fame 
chamber, 
It was in this faloon that the Royal 
Family had fupped. ‘The table was itil 
Jaid ; but it was now covered with abun- 
danee of delicate viands. Seeing the table 
fet around with plates, M. de Mouttier — 
afked for whom al! this feaft was provided. 
“© For the Gentlemen—(les Mefieurs)” , 
faid one of the attendants. 
“© What Gentlemen ? (replied M. de ° 
Monttier;) o Gentleman has a right to 
eat here, but this Gentleman, and that 
Gentleman, (pointing to his two com- 
ae ) and myfelf. 
‘ But (rejoined the attendant,) awe 
eve nothing elfe to fet before les. Mef- 
RuUrs.” 
'-  & You fhall fet before thofe perfons 
there—(ces gens ld,) (anfwered M. de 
MM: nuffier,) wvbatever - we do not waat 
our felves.” 
The whole of this dialogue paffed in 
‘the hearing of Dumas, the Deputy, who 
had pofted bimfelf, at the head of thé na- 
“Fourney of Louis XV. from Paris to Varennes. 
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tional-guards, clofe to the Boorar the fa- 
loon, near which ftood the table. 
Froin the time when the Royal Family 
entered the Houle, M. de Moutticr had 
repeatedly and earneftly begged to have 
fome firawberries for the poor Dauphin, 
who ufed to eat them for fupper; but 
could never obtain them, He even ap. 
plied to the new Bithop himfeit, as well 
as to his Grand Vicars, reprefenting, ar 
the fame time, the extreme indecency of 
fuffering the Royal Family to wait fo long 
for their fupper. + 
The Bifhop, at.a lofs for fome excule, 
turned to his Grand Vicars, who, after 
fome hefitation, owned that it was true 
‘that they had been obliged to wait a very 
long time. 
On this the Bifhop, with a ftately air, 
faid, that it was not his place to wait on 
the Royal Family, nor to bring up their 
‘vietuals. 
“ Having accepted fuch a fituation 
(inftantly replied M. de Mouttier,) @s 
‘your's, you have fhewed how ignorant 
you are of the nature aud duties of the fa- 
cred office you pretend to bold. itis zo 
wonder, therefore, if you know not bow te 
fet ajuft value on the bappine/s af ferving 
such amafter.” 
Juft as the -whole company were pre- 
paring to fit down atthe table, a plate of 
itrawberries was placed on it. M. de 
Mouftier inftantly ‘feized the plate, and 
ran off with it to the Dauphin, who had 
juft been put to bed. 
Dumas, %&lo was not ignorant of ‘the 
fovereign contempt in which he was held 
‘by M. de Mouttier, called out to him te 
ftop ; and, ashe ftill continued to go of, 
ordered the national- guards not to let M, 
“de Mouttier pafs. “Thefe guards, being 
unprepared, had not time to interrupt 
him; ‘or, perhaps, fome refpect “for the 
Kins, made then’ yawilling to obey the 
order. . They, however, followed M. de 
(Moutier; and feemed difpofed to enter the 
“King’s 8 apartment, who, turning round, 
“faid to them, ‘*- Stop, you have no right to 
enter the retreat of your Sovereign : ‘you 
do not belong to “his fervice: you ~miajt 
‘wait here for me, ahd then Jou may Sie 
lows'me wherever T go. 
“On this, the’ natidna!-ouards defitted : 
but when M. de Mouitier_had come.cut, 
and was going, a fecond time, into the 
King’s ‘chamber, ‘thtfe guards infitted on 
‘accompany ing him. : 
_, He now went up to Dumas, and faid, 
“Order thefe men to pay “Wonb relped io 
the apartment of their Mafter. You can- 
not be ignorant that no one has any right 
to 
