But wait, only wait! times will be different by and by, and
we shall see the baker-woman as hungry as we. But when we have the
bread, we will give her none--no, we will give her none!"
"No, indeed, we will give her none!" roared, and cried, and laughed,
and howled the mob. And they all pressed closer up to the fence, and
naked arms and clinched fists were thrust through the palings, and
threatened the queen, and the dauphin, who walked in front of his
mother.
"Will he be able to bear it? Will my poor boy not weep with fear and
anxiety? "That was the only thought of the queen, as she walked on
past the angry roars of the crowd. To the dauphin alone all her
looks were directed; not once did she glance at the fence, behind
which the populace roared like a pack of lions.
All at once the breath of the queen stopped, and her heart ceased
beating, with horror. She saw directly at the place where the path
turned and ran away from the fence, but where, before making the
turn, it ran very near the fence, the bare arm of a man extended
through the paling as far as possible, and stretching in fact half-
way across the path, as if it were a turnpike-bar stopping the way.
The eyes of the queen, when they fell upon this dreadful, powerful
arm, turned at once in deep alarm to the dauphin. She saw him
hesitate a little in his hurried course, and then go slowly forward.
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