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Quotation from A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain

“his sentimental treachery to his Swiss guard on that memorable 10th of August, when he allowed those heroes to be massacred in his cause”

Mark Twain (spoken by Mark Twain (narrator))

A Tramp Abroad, Chapter XXVI (Project Gutenberg #119)

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Twain turns from the Lion to Louis XVI, blaming the king for forbidding his loyal Swiss Guards to defend themselves at the Tuileries.

Citation: "his sentimental treachery to his Swiss guard on that memorable 10th of August, when he allowed those heroes to be massacred in his cause" — Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad, Chapter XXVI (Project Gutenberg #119). (id a-tramp-abroad-q3)

Portrait: A Tramp Abroad (1880), illustration by True Williams, True Williams, Public domain.

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