The Web of Fate: An Incident of the French Revolution

An episode of the French Revolution, 1792. In the troublous days of the French Revolution the members of the patriotic party called Girondists were subjects of special persecution. This picture shows the pursuit and escape of a yo...

An episode of the French Revolution, 1792. In the troublous days of the French Revolution the members of the patriotic party called Girondists were subjects of special persecution. This picture shows the pursuit and escape of a young adherent of that party, who takes refuge with the remnant of his sweetheart's family and is hidden by the young lady in the granary loft in the Chateau Le Tour, which has been partially ruined during the progress of the revolution. The château is in possession of soldiers of the Convention when our young hero, who has been slightly wounded, arrives. He makes his presence known by a note thrown through a window into the girl's room and, despite the danger of discovery, she admits him by way of the main court, which is crowded with drunken and sleeping soldiers, and conceals him in the granary loft. When the searching party in pursuit of him arrives the château is ransacked and, to the young lady's terror and dismay, his hiding place is finally reached. In the meantime, however while the search has been going on, a busy spider has spun a web across the door to the granary loft. When the captain of the searching party reaches the door and starts to open it he discovers this web and, taking it for conclusive evidence that the floor has long been closed and that the refugee consequently could not be hidden behind it, abandons the search and dismisses the entire party.

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The Web of Fate: An Incident of the French Revolution

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