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Yes, there was no doubt of it; he heard a pistol-shot close by, and at the same time he sprang to his feet. There was a simultaneous stir in the Great Hall of the Guards, and de Varicourt, at the entrance to the Queen's antechamber, rapidly drew his sword. So did du Repaire, sentinel at the door to the Marble Staircase. Germain ordered Miomandre de Ste.
Degraves, M. De Launay, M., governor of the Bastile, death of. Des Huttes, M. D'Esprémesnil, Duval. De Staël, Baroness. D'Estaing, Count. Destruction of the Spanish squadron by the British at Cape St. Vincent De Varicourt, M. D'Hervilly, Count. D'Huillier, M. Disorders in the Assembly. Dissolution of the Constitutional Guard.
A hundred deputies of the Assembly in their carriages came next. The advance guard, which was formed of a detachment of the brigands, set out two hours earlier. In front of them Hache and Motte danced in triumph, carrying the pallid heads of Des Huttes and de Varicourt aloft on their pikes. They stopped a moment at Sèvres in front of the shop of an unfortunate hairdresser.
"We will watch over those to whom we have devoted ourselves, and to whom we have vowed fidelity. No one shall pass into the chamber of the queen while we are alive, shall there?" "Never," replied both of the women, with courageous decision. "And no one shall ascend the great staircase so long as I live," said Varicourt. "Adieu now, ladies, and listen carefully to every sound.
"And what do these dreadful men want?" asked Campan. "Why do they encamp around the palace? What is their object?" Mr. Varicourt sadly bowed his head, and a loud sigh came from his courageous breast. "They want what they shall never have while I am alive," he then said, with a decided look. "I have sworn fidelity to the king and queen, and I shall keep it to death.
"Death to the Sow!" was the shriek of Wife Gougeon. "Death to the aristocrat!" shouted the Admiral with a devilish laugh, leading the rush on de Varicourt. The latter defended himself with all his strength, first with his clubbed musket, then with his sword.
Varicourt looked like a dying man; his uniform was torn and cut, his face deathly pale, and on one side disfigured by the blood which was streaming down from a broad wound in his forehead. "It is time, it is time!" he cried, with a loud tremulous voice, and, as he saw for an instant the face of Campan at the opposite door, a flash of joy passed over his face. "Save the queen!
It was empty, but outside of it could be heard a confused, mixed mass of sounds, cries, and the tramping as of hundreds and hundreds of men coming on. Nearer and nearer came the sound, more distinct every moment. All at once the door was flung open on the other side of the Swiss hall, the door which led out, and Varicourt appeared in it, pushed backward by the raging, howling mass.
He could hear their shouts of triumph and the shameless cries of the women against Marie Antoinette. Astonished at finding themselves in the inside of the Palace, the first comers were dumbfounded, but a red-nosed beggar in a red cap immediately sprang towards de Varicourt, shouting, "This way to the Austrian!" "Vive la Nation!" roared men who were looting the tapestry from the benches.
Valory, M. Varennes, the king is arrested at, in his flight from Paris. Varicourt, M. de Vaudreuil, Count de. Vaudreuil, Marquis de. Vauguyon, Duc de la. Vergennes, Count de. Vergniaud, M. Vermond, Abbé de. Versailles, Marie Antoinette and Louis married at, May 16th, 1770; less frequented; winter of 1779. Veto, debates on the; "Monsieur" and "Madame," nicknames to the king and queen.
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