The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 A.D., to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . She stepped upon the platform as lightly as her pinionedarms and her long ehoiriise permitted. When the execu-tioner tore away the handkerchief which covered her neckablush overspread her face. In an instant strong handsflung her down upon the plank, the blade fell, and fromher neck a jet of blood spurted. The executioner, whowas even more brutal than such people usually are, seizedthe head by the hair, held it up before the people, andslapped the poor dead cheeks with his open han
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The story history of France from the reign of Clovis, 481 A.D., to the signing of the armistice, November, 1918 . She stepped upon the platform as lightly as her pinionedarms and her long ehoiriise permitted. When the execu-tioner tore away the handkerchief which covered her neckablush overspread her face. In an instant strong handsflung her down upon the plank, the blade fell, and fromher neck a jet of blood spurted. The executioner, whowas even more brutal than such people usually are, seizedthe head by the hair, held it up before the people, andslapped the poor dead cheeks with his open hand. That night the rabble of Paris said that the friend ofthe people had been avenged. A hundred years have passed since then, and see how 1792-1793] 297 public opinion has changed! To-day, Marat is accountedone of the worst scoundrels who ever figured in history;and Charlotte Corday, murderess as she was, has taken aplace among the heroines who have ennobled humanityand given their lives to save others. Statues, paintings, and poems commemorate her deed, while France wouldlike to forget that Marat ever lived.. HOTEL DB YILLK