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"Marquis Jarjayes, who lost his property in the service of the queen, risked his life in her deliverance, and perhaps escaped the guillotine merely by emigrating and putting himself beyond the reach of Robespierre. Are you that loyal, courageous Marquis de Jarjayes?"
Two had long been attached to the royal household: the wife of M. de Jarjayes, a gentleman of ancient family in Dauphiné, had been one of Marie Antoinette's waiting-women, and he himself, since the fatal expedition to Varennes, had been employed by Louis on several secret missions.
And her renunciation of the whole design was conveyed to M. Jarjayes in a letter which did honor alike to both by the noble gratitude which it expressed, and which was long cherished by his heirs as one of their most precious possessions, till it was destroyed, with many another valuable record, when Paris a second time fell under the rule of wretches scarcely less detestable than the Jacobins whom they imitated.
"This other gentleman," said Josephine, softly, "was the Baron de Jarjayes, and the child who was carried into the Temple was the " "The son of the Count de Frotte," rejoined Louis. "Fouche, it is he!" cried Josephine. "It is the son of my noble, unfortunate Queen Marie Antoinette. Oh, sire, let me testify my homage to you, as becomes a subject when she stands before her king.
Till then, said M. de Jarjayes to me, I was never to speak of the past, nor disclose single word about any thing that concerned myself or my family. He told me that if I did not follow his instructions literally, I should not only be brought back to Simon, but I should have to bear the blame of causing the death of my sister Therese and my aunt Elizabeth.
In the name of Marie Antoinette, I demand of the Marquis of Jarjayes that he deliver to me the son of his sister, that he do what every one of us is joyfully prepared to do if our holy cause demands it, that this boy may give his life for his king, the imprisoned Louis XVII."
Plans are formed for the Queen's Escape by MM. Jarjayes, Toulan, and by the Baron de Batz. Marie Antoinette refuses to leave her Son. Illness of the young King. Overthrow of the Girondins. Insanity of the Woman Tison. Kindness of the Queen to her. Her Son is taken from her, and intrusted to Simon. His Ill-treatment. The Queen is removed to the Conciergerie.
Her mother, left a widow when the child was barely ten years old, took a second husband, Francois Regnier de Jarjayes, a fervent royalist, involved in all the plots which had for their object the deliverance of the royal family.
Doctor Naudin, I have not given you the name of the gentleman to whom I was taking you. It is a secret which only the possessor is able to divulge to you." "I divulge it," said the other, smiling, "Doctor Naudin, I am the Marquis Jarjayes." "Jarjayes, who made the plan for the escape of the royal family in the Temple?" asked Naudin eagerly.
"This woman was, however, no other than M. de Jarjayes, whom I knew long ago, and who, with Fidele I should say, with Toulan had thought out and executed the plan of my escape. M. de Jarjayes changed his clothes, as did I also, and after remaining concealed in the house all day, in the evening we took a carriage and rode all night.
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