[3] Feuillet de Conches, ii., p. 20, date March 20th, 1791.
[4] Letter of M. Simolin, the Russian embassador, April 4th, 1791, Feuillet de Conches, ii., p. 31.
[5] "Souvenirs sur Mirabeau," par Étienne Dumont, p. 201.
[6] In her letter to Mercy of August 16th, of which extracts are given in ch. xi., she takes credit for having encountered the dangers of the journey to Montmédy for the sake of "the public welfare."
[7] Arneth, p. 155.
[8] Letter of Leopold to Marie Antoinette, date May 2d, 1791, Arneth, p. 162.
[9] "Cette démarche est le terme extrême de réussir ou périr. Les choses en sont-elles au point de rendre ce risque indispensable?"—Mercy to Marie Antoinette, May 11th, 1791, Arneth, p. 163.
[10] The day on which the king and she had been prevented from going to St. Cloud.
[11] The king.