And the poor people have
believed what these evil advisers and slanderers have told them, and
have been led astray into making the riot against me. But every
thing will come out right again, and my subjects will see that I
love them, and am ready to share every thing with them. That is the
reason I have come to Paris, to live here among my people. It is
certainly not so pleasant as in Versailles; our rooms are not so
fine and convenient, and we do not have the beautiful gardens here
that we had there. But we must learn to be contented here, and put
up with what we have. We must remember that there is no one in Paris
better than we, and that the Parisians must acknowledge that the
king loves them, for he has given up his beautiful Versailles, in
order to live with them, and share all their need, and all the
disagreeable things which they have to bear."
"Papa king, I have understood every thing, and I am very much
ashamed that I have complained before. I promise you, sire," he
continued, with earnest mien, and laying his hand upon his breast,
"yes, sire, I promise you, that I will take pains to give the people
a good example, and to be really good and kind. I will never
complain again that we are living in Paris, and I will take pains to
be happy and contented here."
And the dauphin kept his word.
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