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"But my beloved Tuileries?" cried Marie Antoinette. "Has been swallowed up by a play ground for the people, my dear," said Cassandra, gently. "Paris is no place for us, and it is the intention of these men, in whose hands we are, to take us there and then desert us. BUT MY BELOVED TUILLI CRIED MARIE ANTINETTE HAS BEEN SWALLOWED UP BY A PLAYGROUND FOR THE PEOPLE MY DEAR SAID CASSANDRA GENTLY PARIS IS NO PLACE FOR US AND IT IS THE INTENTION OF THESE MEN IN WHOSE HANDS WE ARE TO TAKE US THERE AND THEN DESERT US
lby’s time, do you? If you do you are very much mistaken. I almost wish I had not warned you of your danger and had let you go, just to see those eyes of yours open with amazement at the change. You’d find your Louvre a very different sort of a place from what it used to be, my dear lady. Those pleasing little windows through which your relations were wont in olden times to indulge in target practice at people who didn’t go to their church are now kept closed; the galleries which used to swarm with people, many of whom ought to have been hanged, now swarm with pictures, many of which ought not to have been hung; the romance which clung about its walls is as much a part of the dead past as yourselves, and were you to materialize suddenly therein you would find yourselves jostled and hustled and trodden upon by the curious from other lands, with Argus eyes taking in five hundred pictures a minute, and traversing those halls at a rate of speed at which Mercury himself would stand aghast.”  SWEET CHILD TRIVY'S TIME DO YOU IF YOU DO YOU ARE VERY MUCH MISTAKEN I ALMOST WISH I HAD NOT WARNED YOU OF YOUR DANGER AND HAD LET YOU GO JUST TO SEE THOSE EYES OF YOURS OPEN WITH AMAZEMENT AT THE CHANGE YOU'D FIND YOUR LOUVRE A VERY DIFFERENT SORT OF PLACE FROM WHAT IT USED TO BE MY DEAR LADY THOSE PLEASING LITTLE WINDOWS THROUGH WHICH YOUR RELATIONS WERE WONT IN OLDEN TIMES TO INDULGE IN TARGET PRACTICE THAT PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GO TO THEIR CHURCH ARE NOW KEPT CLOSED THE GALLERIES WHICH USED TO SWARM WITH PEOPLE MANY OF WHOM OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN HANGED NOW SWARM WITH PICTURES MANY OF WHICH OUGHT NOT TO HAVE BEEN HUNG THE ROMANCE WHICH CLUNG ABOUT ITS WALLS IS AS MUCH A PART OF THE DEAD PAST AS YOURSELVES AND WERE YOU TO MATERIALIZE SUDDENLY THEREIN YOU WOULD FIND YOURSELVES JOSTLED AND HUSTLED AND TRODDEN UPON BY THE CURIOUS FROM OTHER LANDS WITH ARDUOUS EYES TAKING IN FIVE HUNDRED PICTURES A MINUTE AND TRAVERSING THOSE HALLS AT A RATE OF SPEED AT WHICH MERCURY HIMSELF WOULD STAND AGHAST
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