"Madame, I have no opinion unless I am asked for it."
"I do ask for it, sir."
"Then I shall state with the frankness of a believer. My opinion is that the king is ruined if he stays in the Tuileries."
"But if we do not stay here, where shall we go?" cried the queen, rising in high alarm.
"At present, there is no longer but one place of shelter for the royal family," responded the attorney-syndic.
"Name it, sir."
"The National Assembly."
"What do you say, sir?" demanded the queen, snapping her eyes and questioning like one who had not understood.
He repeated what he had said.
"Do you believe, sir, that I would ask a favor of those fellows?"