“I know you, monsieur,” said the King, “and feel assured that I can count upon you; that is why I am now addressing you.”
“Whatever your wishes may be, I hope I shall prove myself worthy of your confidence, sire.”
“Think you that I can count equally well on your two friends, De Valory and De Malden?”
“I am assured of it, sire.”
“Well, tell them to have made vests of chamois leather, trousers of hide, jack-boots, and velvet caps.”
The choice of chamois leather was most imprudent, as it was the color of the Prince de Condé, when he emigrated.
M. de Moustier was then asked to walk every evening on the Pont Royal. There, a confidential servant, who knew him by sight, would bring him the last orders of the King.
On the evening of the 19th, M. Moustier received the following order:—
“M. de Moustier and his companions are desired to be in the court of the Château to-morrow, at nine o’clock in the evening; they will then learn what is required of them.”
Now, about the passport. We know that the Queen travelled under the name of the Baroness de Korff. The two children were the Dauphin and Madame Royal; the intendant was the King; and the two femmes-de-chambre Mesdames de Neuville and Brunier.