Note 107 — BOOK VIII[61]
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Chamisso's two elder brothers (not his uncles), Hippolyte and Charles, were with Louis XVI. on the 10th of August 1792. Charles was wounded, while defending the King, and was saved by a man of the people. Shortly afterwards, he received a sword that had been worn by the unfortunate monarch, with a note thus worded:
"I commend to my brothers M. de Chamisso, one of my faithful servants; he has often exposed his life for me. "Louis."—T.