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services you have rendered us, and I will recompense
70U and your son for them." I threw myself at the
King's feet and kissed his hand. He raised me up,
saying, " Come, come, do not grieve ; the Queen, who
loves you, confides in you as I do."

Down to the day of the acceptance it was impos-
sible to introduce Bamave into the interior of the
palace ; but when the Queen was free from the inner
guard she said she would see him. The very great
precautions which it was necessary for the deputy to
take in order to conceal his connection with the King
and Queen compelled them to spend two hours wait-
ing for him in one of the corridors of the Tuileries,
and all in vain. The first day that he was to be
admitted, a man whom Bamave knew to be dangerous
having met him in the courtyard of the palace, he
determined to cross it without stopping, and walked
in the gardens in order to lull suspicion. I was
desired to wait for Bamave at a little door belonging
to the entresols of the palace, with my hand upon the
open lock. I was in that position for an hour. The
King came to me frequently, and always to speak
to me of the uneasiness which a servant belonging
to the Ch&teau, who was a patriot, gave him. He
came again to ask me whether I had heard the door
called de Decret opened. I assured him nobody had
been in the corridor, and he became easy. He was
dreadfully apprehensive that his connection with Bar-



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