four o’clock in the morning
I can go no farther ! I can not move ! '' One of the gendarmes walking alongside of her offers his arm , and supported by it Marie Antoinette totters up the three stone steps which lead into the prison . At last , at four o'clock in the morning , on the 15th of August , the jury have given their verdict . It runs : `` Death ! -- execution by the guillotine ! '' Marie Antoinette has heard the verdict with unmoved composure , whilst the noise from the excited crowd in the galleries is suddenly hushed as by a magic spell , and even the faces of the infuriated fish women turn pale !