Ruins of house where Louis XVI. was arrested.
VARENNES. BANKS OF THE AIRE.
N. 46 crosses the bridge.
Drouet, who recognised the King at St. Menehould (p. 68) reached Varennes before him, by a short-cut. The whole town, aroused by the tocsin, assembled, and compelled the carriage of the king to stop.
The arrest of Louis XVI. was made at the Bras d’Or Inn, the site of which was afterwards occupied by three houses, one of which was No. 340 (the bottom photograph on p. 74 shows the ruins of these houses).