(Episode 40—Adieu, My Beloved Oscar)
Louis’s will:
Louis asked Elisabeth, his sister, to be his children’s mother.
To Antoinette, Louis wrote, "I beg my wife to forgive me for all the ills she is suffering for me, and the grieves I may have caused her during our marriage, just as she may be sure that I keep nothing against her should she think she has anything for which to blame herself."
Louis gave his children his blessing, kissed them for the last time. He slept soundly that night.
Before he died, he addressed to the crowd, "I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are now going to shed may never be visited on France; and you, unfortunate people…"
The rest of the speech was unheard due to the drum of beat.
Because Louis XVI’s neck was so fat, instead of slicing through, the knife penetrated comparatively slowly, and a scream was heard.
People cried, "long live the republic".
The King’s body was taken to the cemetery of the Madeleine and placed in a pauper’s coffin, head between the legs.