And the hour
of judgment will come for you. Await it steadfastly and with
patience, and when it is come, call on me, and I will not neglect
your summons, but will support you, and will give you my
recognition. I have all the documents which relate to your flight,
all the testimony given by those who were engaged in assisting you,
and besides this, a detailed account of your flight, subscribed with
my name, and stamped with my seal. I have further the testimony of
the teachers who gave yon instruction at my palace of Chambord, and
the keeper of the palace recorded the day on which you arrived. I am
ready to give you these papers, if you will swear to me that you
will not misuse them, but give them to General Kleber, that he may
preserve them for you."
"I swear to you that I will do so," said the prince, solemnly.
Conde handed to him a small and closely-rolled package of papers.
"This contains your future," he said, "and out of these papers I
hope a crown will grow for you. Till then let the republic preserve
them for you. General Kleber is expecting you, and his adjutant is
waiting for you in the next room. Permit me to give you one more
piece of advice: remain steadfast, resist all tempters who would
beguile you with pleasant words to acknowledge yourself King of
France. For be persuaded these tempters are the emissaries of your
enemies, and if you should acknowledge to them that you are King
Louis XVII.
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