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Svetlana de Rohan-Levashova. Revelation

truth.

Here is what I succeeded in finding then:
– The Queen loved the Swedish Count called Axel Fersen who selflessly loved
her throughout his life and never married after her death;

– Their farewell before the Count’s departure to Italy took place in the garden
of Little Trianon – Marie-Antoinette’s favourite place, the description of which
totally coincided with what we had seen.
– The ball in honour of King Gustav of Sweden happened on June 21, where all
guests were dressed in white for some reason;
– The attempted escape in the green carriage organized by Axel (he also
organized another six escape attempts, but none of them, for one or another reason,
were successful. Two of them failed at Marie-Antoinette’s will, because the Queen did
not want to escape alone and leave her children);

– The Queen’s decapitation proceeded in complete silence instead of the
expected "happy rage" of the crowd;
– Unexpectedly the sun peeked out of the clouds a few seconds before the
executioner released the blade...

– The Queen’s last letter to Count Fersen is reproduced in Count Fersen’s
Memoirs (Probably, the full name of the book in English is Diary and Correspondence
of Count Axel Fersen, Grand-Marshal of Sweden Relating to the Court of France –
E.L.) and almost the same text that we had heard, except for just a few words, was
cited.
These little details were enough for me to continue my odd experiments with
much greater enthusiasm, but that happened later... right then, in order not to seem
strange or heartless, I tried to conceal my delight about my exciting "enlightening"
with all my might and asked, in order to dispel Stella’s sad mood:
– Do you like the Queen very much?

– Oh, yes! She is kind and so beautiful... And look at our poor "boy", he suffered
so much here too...
I felt pity for this sensitive and nice girl who even in her death worried so much
for the people she hardly knew unlike many others who do not care even for their
nearest ...

– Probably, there is a share of wisdom in suffering without which we would
never understand what a precious gift our life is? – I said with a great deal of
uncertainty.
– There! Gran says that too! – The girl cheered up. – But if people only aspire
to good, then why should they suffer?
– Maybe because even the best people would not truly understand what good is
without pain and ordeal? – I joked.

But for some reason Stella did not take it as a joke and said very earnestly:
– Yes, I think, you’re right... Do you want to look at what happened to Harold’s
son next? – She asked even merrier.

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