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Princess what a bitter potion is Hers, I pity both the King & Her, & wish anxiously that they may meet with some well disposed People to extricate them honorably out of these their Horrible distresses. I am quite impatient for to Morrows Post to know how this poor Queen went through this mortifying Scene & only hope that She has not been insulted. The Comte d'Artois is safely arrived at Turin I think He must feel happy at this retreat. Madame de Polignac is safe somewhere or other, but whether in England or Germany I do not know. one thing is Certain that she saved Herself by not Speaking for she was met in Her Coach & Spoke to but upon not answering they told Her foreign: French rejoinissez Vous, Necker revient & tous les Polignacs & ses Amies sont puni /foreign: French & then let Her pass. What an Escape; but Oh what a feel must it have been for the moment. They have actually tried to seize Duke Harcourts Papers but He repulsed them by two Dragoon Regiments