Oui, sans être garant de rien, Je croirais qu’un comédien Risque, s’il est homme de bien, D’être sauvé tout comme un autre. Un mime, en face d’un apôtre, C’est un scandale, dira-t-on; Saint Paul à côté de Rosière, Trial vis à vis de saint Pierre, Et bienheureuse Dugazon, Aux pieds d’un diacre ou d’un vicaire, Le paradis serait bouffon. Tant pis pour qui s’en scandalise: Allez au ciel par vos vertus Et laissez clabauder l’Église.” A Royalist to the core, Madame Dugazon, when the Revolution came, viewed with feelings of indignation and regret the downfall of the King and Queen, the latter of whom had treated her with marked kindness.[140] Nor did she lack the courage of her opinions, as an unsigned letter once in the possession of Mrs. Elliot, the lady who inspired the “First Gentleman in Europe” with so lively a passion, will testify: “After the 20th of June, 1792, those who wished well to the Royal Family urged the Queen to show herself occasionally in public with the Dauphin, an interesting and beautiful child, and her charming daughter, Madame Royale. “She went therefore to the Comédie-Italienne, with her children, Madame Élisabeth, the King’s sister, and Madame de Tourzel, _gouvernante_ of the ‘children of France.’ This was the last time that the Queen appeared in public. I was in my box, exactly facing that of the Queen; and, as she was much more interesting than the play, I kept my eyes fixed upon her and her family. “The piece represented was the _Événements imprévus_, and Madame Dugazon played the soubrette. “Her Majesty, from the moment she entered the theatre, seemed very sad. She was much affected by the applause of the public, and I saw her several times wipe the tears from her eyes. The little Dauphin, who sat the whole evening upon her knees, appeared anxious to know the cause of his unhappy mother’s tears. She was seen to caress him, and the audience seemed moved by the cruel situation of this unhappy Queen. “There is a duet in this opera sung by the soubrette and the valet, and Madame Dugazon had to say: “‘J’aime mon maître tendrement, Ah! combien j’aime ma maîtresse!’ “As, in singing these verses, she placed her hand on her heart and looked at the Queen, every one perfectly understood the allusion. “Immediately, a number of Jacobins who were among the audience sprang upon the stage, and, if the actors had not concealed Madame Dugazon, they would certainly have killed her. They then drove the poor Queen and her suite from the theatre, and it was all that the guard could do to place them safe and sound in their carriages. “In the meanwhile, the Queen’s party had joined battle with the Jacobins; but the soldiers intervened and the broil had no serious consequences.”