Henderson, Ernest F. (Ernest Flagg), 1861-1928 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 144
ctober 6, 1789. passed back and forth between his room and thebalcony, and then made one of the most fateful andfatal decisions of his life. Leaning far out overthe railing, he declared that he would go to Pariswith his wife and children. Lafayette repeatedthe announcement in a louder tone, and, in… … I05 io6 The French Revolution the slain guards, stuck on poles, had gone onbefore. To the descendant of St. Louis and the daughterof Maria Theresa, that procession must haveseemed like some old grotesque dance of death.It would have seemed still more so could they havelooked into the near future.…
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