CHAPTER XXXVIII.

"Dernières Années du Règne et de la Vie de Louis XVI.," par François Hue, p. 336.

For about a fortnight they had two, both men--Hue, the valet to the dauphin, as well as Cléry; but Hue was removed on the 2d of September. He, as well as Cléry, has left an account of the imprisonment till the day of his dismissal.

"Journal de ce qui s'est passé à la tour du Temple," etc. p.28, seq.

"Mémoires Particuliers," par Madame la Duchesse d'Angoulême, p. 21.

Decius was the hero whose example was especially invoked by Madame Roland. The historians of his own country had never accused him of murdering any one; but she, in the very first month of the Revolution, had called, with a very curious reading of history, for "some generous Decius to risk his life to take theirs" (the lives of the king and queen).

The princess told Cléry, "La reine et moi nous nous attendons à tout, et nous ne nous faisons aucune illusion sur le sort qu'on prépare au roi," etc.--CLÉRY, p. 106.

"Mémoires" de la Duchesse d'Angoulême, p. 53.