Section 105 The Drama of the French Revolution of 1848. V.
Princes, peers1, soldiers, and statesmen were all sneaking2 in hiding places whilst the capital was3 made over to the mercy of a few dozen incendiaries. The daughter-in-law, seeing (S. 55, N. 1) the King depart4, carries5 her child to the Chamber of Deputies6, and7 there, with womanly courage and queenly dignity, vindicates his rights. Her friends entreat her to withdraw. Firm8 in her purpose, she does not move9 an inch. She attempts to speak, but is interrupted; and10 he who interrupts is himself silenced by an armed mob that pours11 into the hall12. The Duchess is forced away13, and in that terrible extremity is separated from her son. The child is seized by (S. 106, N. 23) a rough hand, which14 is strong enough to strike15, but16 generous enough to save. The boy is brought17 to his mother, and mother and son pass18 from asylum to asylum, chased19 by scythes, sabres, muskets, and, worse20 than all, the21 bloody passions of an infuriated “canaille”. For22 four days they23 creep into hiding places; on the fifth day they are beyond the frontier.
Notes
1 The Peers of France were called ‘Pairs’, which term is used in German, the final s being pronounced.
2 to sneak into hiding places, in den Winkel kriechen.
3 was made over = was left (überlas´sen), with the dat. Construe the sentence after the following model:—Die Festung wurde einer kleinen Anzahl Soldaten auf Gnade oder Ungnade überlassen.
4 davon´reisen. Comp. App. § 19.
5 führen, before which the subjective pronoun ‘she’ must be supplied.
6 Deputiertenkammer, f.
7 and — rights = where she vindicates his rights with, etc.
8 Fest ihren Zweck verfolgend.
9 zurück´weichen.
10 and — himself, und der sie Unterbrechende selbst wird.
11 to pour = to rush.
12 Saal, m.
13 gewaltsam hinweg´drängen.
14 After the rel. pron. insert the adverb zwar (certainly, it is true, indeed), which will give more force to the clause.
15 darein´zuschlagen.
16 ‘but’, here doch, or aber auch.
17 ‘to bring’, here = to bring back.
18 ‘to pass’, here = to flee.
19 chased = pursued; by, von.
20 what is still worse.
21 von dem blutgierigen Zorn eines rasenden Pöbels.
22 Vier Tage lang.
23 they — places = they try to conceal themselves.