CHAPTER XXII.

THE SMILE AND THE NOD. As Cagliostro had said and Mirabeau surmised, the King had upset the scheme. Without much regret the Queen saw the constitutional platform fall which had wounded her pride. The King’s policy was to gain time and profit by circumstances; besides he had two chances of getting away into some stronghold, which was his favorite plan. These two plans, we know, were his brother Provence’s, managed by Favras; the other his own, managed by Charny. The latter reached Metz in a couple of days where the …