They cheered for the King.
They cheered because he spoke standing and without his hat. They didn't cheer for the King, but for just another citizen.
Farewell, My Queen (2012) · 18 quotes
Tied for 5th most-quoted character in Farewell, My Queen (2012): in 4 of its 18 quotes
Most scenes with: Sidonie Laborde (3), Versailles, July 15, 1789 (2)
They cheered for the King.
They cheered because he spoke standing and without his hat. They didn't cheer for the King, but for just another citizen.
You know what hurts me most? The hostility towards the Queen.
I know your fervor for for Marie Antoinette.
Not at all. I'm only her maidservant. What do I say? Maidservant for the books of Her Majesty's library. There is no fervor to this.
So young… and already blind. Your love for the Queen makes you judge her capricious behavior with too much indulgence. Gabrielle de Polignac is an illusion which will cost her dearly… And she's not yet finished paying for it.
The Marquis has been living for ten years in a dump in Versailles. While his castle is said to be magnificent. All this, just to see the King in the big hall twice a week.
What we will you do?
I'll stay with the Queen as long as necessary.
This prospect… seems to fulfill you.
I can't imagine my life's condition if the Queen would leave Versailles. And you, Monsieur Moreau?
I… Until my hour of death, I'll take notes.