[85] “Mémoires de Louis XVIII.,” t. i, p.290.
[86] The Emperor, husband of Maria-Theresa, and father of Marie Antoinette, was François de Lorraine.
[87] T. i, pp. 59-62.
[88] His nick-name for his second grandson.
[89] The Abbé de Vermont was the confessor of Marie Antoinette.
[90] Campan, “Mémoires des Marie Antoinette, &c., &c.,” t. i, p. 392.
CHAPTER II
The makers of the Revolution—Fête à la Nature—Tallien—Dangerous times—An inharmonious marriage—Colonel la Mothe—A Terrorist—The beginning of the emigration—A sinister prophecy.