Thequeen’sservantshadrusheduponthescaffold，pickingupthebookofHoursandthecrucifixasrelics；andJeanneKennedy，rememberingthelittledogwhohadcometohismistress，lookedaboutforhimonallsides，seekinghimandcallinghim，butshesoughtandcalledinvain。Hehaddisappeared。
Atthatmoment，asoneoftheexecutionerswasuntyingthequeen’sgarters，whichwereofbluesatinembroideredinsilver，hesawthepoorlittleanimal，whichhadhiddeninherpetticoat，andwhichhewasobligedtobringoutbyforce；then，havingescapedfromhishands，ittookrefugebetweenthequeen’sshouldersandherhead，whichtheexecutionerhadlaiddownnearthetrunk。Jeannetookhimthen，inspiteofhishowls，andcarriedhimaway，coveredwithblood；foreveryonehadjustbeenorderedtoleavethehall。
BourgoinandGervaisstayedbehind，entreatingSirAmyasPaulettoletthemtakethequeen’sheart，thattheymightcarryittoFrance，astheyhadpromisedher；buttheywereharshlyrefusedandpushedoutofthehall，ofwhichallthedoorswereclosed，andtherethereremainedonlytheexecutionerandthecorpse。
Brantomerelatesthatsomethinginfamoustookplacethere！
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