Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volume 5 - Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan, First Lady in Waiting to the Queen

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Volume 5, by Madame CampanThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Memoirs of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Volume 5 Being the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan,First Lady in Waiting to the QueenAuthor: Madame CampanRelease Date: December 4, 2004 [EBook #3888]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MARIE ANTOINETTE ***Produced by David WidgerMEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF MARIE ANTOINETTE,QUEEN OF FRANCEBeing the Historic Memoirs of Madam Campan,First Lady in Waiting to the QueenVolume 5BOOK 2.CHAPTER I.The ever-memorable oath of the States General, taken at the Tennis Court of Versailles, was followed by the royal sittingof the 23d of June. In this seance the King declared that the Orders must vote separately, and threatened, if furtherobstacles were met with, to himself act for the good of the people. The Queen looked on M. Necker's not accompanyingthe King as treachery or criminal cowardice: she said that he had converted a remedy into poison; that being in fullpopularity, his audacity, in openly disavowing the step taken by his sovereign, had emboldened the factious, and ledaway the whole Assembly; and that he was the more culpable ...