CYOHA: You are trying to escape Revolutionary Paris

You are the Queen of France, a very dangerous title to have in 1791. You and your husband, along with your son, daughter, sister-in-law, and the children’s governess, have been living in the Tuileries Palace for two years, since a mob from Paris came and removed you from your home at Versailles. The Tuilieries was historically a major home of the French royal family, but since the development of Versailles outside the city by your husband’s great-grandfather, it’s been somewhat neglected and rarely used, certainly not where you’d choose to stay.

At first, you kept your head held high, trying to show that you were simply called to live in Paris for political reasons, but it’s increasingly clear that you are imprisoned there, prevented from leaving for any reason. Despite the lavish surroundings and the generally good treatment, this is still frightening: Revolutionary fervor is growing, and if you are all trapped here, what will the mob do next time? They wouldn’t dare to harm their king … or would they?

People have been trying to get you and your children to escape for years, but you will not leave your husband, and he will not leave France, concerned about how cowardly it would look to run away. However, he finally concedes that the situation is bad enough that you should all find a safer base of operations. The town of Montmédy is decided upon as your destination: a place far from Paris, where loyalist troops await your arrival to protect you. A carriage large enough to hold all of you has been prepared on the night of June 20th.

DO YOU:

A) Sneak out separately to the carriage, in order to attract less attention?

or

B) Make your way there as a group, in order to move more quickly?