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Posted on January 10, 2008
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October 6, 1789
Remis

Dear Journal;
I have just returned from the march on Versailles.  How wonderful it was.  The people were all pleased even if still hungry, they got to see the king and queen that was all they really wanted.  It was also peaceful, although there were threats of fighting, coming from some of the more “egger” revolutionaries.

Let me explain just what happened, I was visiting Paris and while at the Infanta Garden a group of women approached me and asked me how I felt about the revolution, I explained my views.  They were very happy about my pro-revolution thoughts, but were considerably less happy over my criticisms.  They eventually decided that I was more a pro- revolutionary than an anti-revolutionary, and asked me to come with them.  I decided that it was ok to go along, and we eventually met up with a larger group and walked to the Versailles to ask the king for bread.  Some of the women were allowed to talk personally to the king but he said there was no bread to give.  They surprisingly seemed happy enough with the answer.  Later M.  de La Fayette accompanied the king and Queen the balcony, were he yelled “vive le roi.” All the people we excited and yelled it with them, if I didn’t know better I would have thought they loved Louis.  There was not a shot fired except when the king went into his chambers the guards shot some fake shots, I believe to celebrate the king or something of the sort. french revolution

The children did not accompany me to Paris.  They remained home with Sister Kelly, on of the nuns in our town.  They were all well behaved, which is surprising for they cannot sit still long enough to pray with me let alone a num, but I suppose it must have worked out well.  They are getting so big, I hope food stores grow or else there will be no grain in all of France before long, and that would undue so much good work done by the revolution.

No matter, with God by our side I am confident that nothing will go terribly amiss, and by my side is were I keep him.  Gold bless the revolution,

Jean

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