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-- but the Queen has a haughty , wayward look , and the imperious , unyielding spirit of her Austrian mother . '' `` She will need all the spirit of her whole family , '' broke in Mr. Morris , warmly , `` if she is to bear up beneath such wanton insults as that just offered her . '' `` I fear that the hand of Heaven will weigh heavily on that selfish , proud , capricious sovereign , and that she will have to suffer many humiliations , '' replied Mr. Jefferson , coldly , for he disliked and distrusted Marie Antoinette profoundly , and always believed that she was largely responsible for the terrible disasters which overtook France , and that had Louis been free of her influence and machinations , he had been able to disentangle himself and his kingdom from the fatal coil into which they were drawn . `` As for myself , I can think only that she is a woman and in distress , '' said Mr. Morris , looking after the Queen 's coach , which rolled slowly through the crowded street , making a glittering track of light where the noonday sun -LRB- for 't was past twelve o'clock by that time -RRB- struck the golden panels . It was followed on one side by a long line of carriages containing the princesses of the blood royal and the ladies-in-waiting to Her Majesty , on the other by the procession of princes , dukes , and gentlemen of the King 's household . It was close on one o'clock when the last gilded coach , the last splendid rider , followed by the rabble , who closed in and pushed on behind to the Church of Saint Louis , had passed beneath Madame de Tessé 's balcony . Some of her guests , having billets for the church reserved for them , entered their carriages and drove thither ; the others , being weary with the long wait and excitement of the morning , accepted their hostess 's invitation to breakfast , content to hear later of the celebration of mass in the Church of Saint Louis .