he massacre which began on that dreadful day was carried
on through the two next.

Whatever hopes the king had from abroad soon grew fainter. The army
began to retreat before the end of September. One of the reasons of
this was that the king's brothers and friends had misled the sovereigns
of other countries, by saying that the French nation generally were
attached to the king, and that the country people would rise in his
favour all along the line of march. They may have believed this
themselves: but it was a great mistake; and when the foreign forces
entered France, they found the country people universally their enemies.
They would not furnish food, or any other assistance, and deserted
their homes to join the revolutionary forces. Thus, the foreign troops
could not get on; and before a month was out, they were retreating,
having done the royal cause nothing but harm by taking Verdun.

The people of Paris, encouraged and delighted, now declared royalty
abolished in France. The gaolers at once left off calling the family by
their titles, and objected to Clery's making any requests in the name of
the king, whom, to his face, they called Louis or Capet. A shoemaker,
named Simon, was always in office in the Temple, superintending the
management of the prison in some of its departments. This man prided
himself upon his rudeness, and would now sometimes say, in the king's
hearing, "Clery, ask Capet if he wants anything, that I may not have the
trouble of coming up a second time."

Some new linen being at last sent (after the princesses had been obliged
to mend their clothes every day, and to sit up to mend the king's after
he was in bed), the sempstresses were found to have marked the linen, as
usual, with crowned letters; and the princesses were ordered to take out
the marks before they were allowed to wear the clothes. As it was found
that some correspondence was carried on between the prisoners and their
friends without, and the means could not be detected, all their
employments looked suspicious in the eyes of their gaolers. After pen,
ink, and paper had been forbidden, the queen gave directions to Clery as
to what should be done with some chair-covers of tapestry-work which she
and her sister-in-law had worked for their amusement; but the guard
would not let them be sent out of the prison, as they were supposed to
contain hieroglyphic figures, which would be understood by the lady to
whom they were directed