L. 9. _Mes pénates secrets._ Chénier, in 1792, after the death of the
king, in whose defence he had written, almost despairing of the future
of his country, fallen into the hands of Robespierre, Collot d'Herbois
and Saint-Just, left Paris for Versailles, where his grief was somewhat
alleviated by his love for Fanny, Mme Laurent Lecoulteux. See note to p.
75, _Sur la mort d'un enfant_, l. 1.
Ll. 11. _Vont dirigeant._ See note to p. 27, l. 29.