La Comtesse De Charny, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from La Comtesse De Charny, Vol. 4 The evacuation of the Tuileries was as quiet and pensive as its invasion had been noisy and terrifying. Surprised at the meagre results Of their day's work, the rioters began to say to one another: We got nothing! We Shall have to go back again! Those who thought they foresaw what would happen, judged Louis Sixteenth by his reputation. They remem bered how the King appeared at Varennes, clad like a lackey. They prophesied that at the first alarm Louis would hide in some closet, under a table, or behind a curtain that somebody would stab him by accident and then get himself off by saying how now? A rat? As Hamlet says in the play, when he slays Old Polonius behind the arms, thinking it is his uncle, the tyrant of Denmark. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.