CHAPTER XXVIII.

THE FIRST GUILLOTINE. On Christmas Eve, a party was given at the Princess Lamballe’s, which the Queen’s presiding over made it really her own reception. Isidore Charny had returned from Italy that morning and he had found King and Queen very kind to him. Two reasons influenced the latter: one his being the brother of Count Charny, which was a charm in his absence, and his bringing back news from the fugitive princes which suited her wishes. They backed the Favras scheme and urged her to flee for Turin. He left her …