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Updated: June 25, 2025
Madame de la Roche-Aymon and her daughter, Mademoiselle Pauline de Tourzel, Madame de Ginestoux, lady to the Princesse de Lamballe, the other women of the Queen, and the old Comte d'Affry, were led off together to the Abbaye. Our progress from the Tuileries to my sister's house was most distressing.
"'Heaven forbid! cried Her Majesty; 'Heaven forbid that you should think of such a thing! The Assembly would never forgive us! "After we had dined, the Queen sent to the Marquise de Tourzel for the Dauphin.
As soon as it was dark, his governess took him up, and dressed him, and put a sort of hood over his head, which prevented his face being seen. He was probably as sleepy as a little boy of six, just waked up before eleven o'clock at night, was likely to be; and knew and cared little about what Madame de Tourzel was doing with him.
It was at first determined that she should be separated from Madame de Tourzel, but humanity so far prevailed as to permit the consolation of her society, with that of others of her friends and fellow-sufferers, and for a moment the Princess enjoyed the only comfort left to her, that of exchanging sympathy with her partners in affliction.
The Princesse de Tarente, Madame de Tourzel, Madame de Mockau, and all the other ladies of the household owed the safety of their lives to one of the national guards having given his national cockade to the Queen. Her Majesty placed it on her head, unperceived by the mob. One of the gentlemen of the King's wardrobe provided the King and the Princesse Elizabeth with the same impenetrable shield.
The unfortunate man who was forced to perform this dreadful work died in consequence of the shock it gave him. The Queen, the Dauphin, Madame Royale, Monsieur, Madame Elisabeth, and Madame de Tourzel were in his Majesty's carriage. The hundred deputies in their carriages came next.
As they left the apartment the queen told Madame Campan to remain till either the family should return, or she should be sent for to join her mistress, no one knew where. The family never returned. Only two ladies were permitted to accompany them, the Princess de Lamballe and Madame de Tourzel.
A few minutes before she had felt alone and sad: she had thought of absent friends in bitter pain, and now, as if fate would remind her of the happiness which still remained to her, it sent her the son and the sister-in-law, both of whom loved her so tenderly, and the gentle and affectionate Madame de Tourzel, whom Marie Antoinette knew to be faithful and constant unto death.
His majesty added that the Marquis d'Agoult would not accompany him, because Madame de Tourzel, the governess of the royal children, had claimed the privileges of her post, and wished to accompany them. This delay rendered necessary counter-orders of the most fatal nature; all the arrangements as to time and place were thus thrown out.
"'Heaven forbid! cried Her Majesty; 'Heaven forbid that you should think of such a thing! The Assembly would never forgive us! "After we had dined, the Queen sent to the Marquise de Tourzel for the Dauphin.
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