What is the urn’s mystery: Cautious hope of a Bourbon resurrection and melodrama over the thwarted tomb? Or an attempt at reconciliation by republicans tormented by past brutality and seeking expiation in the realm of the imagination?
(Hint: Look in the tree’s branches, and at the sides of the urn, to see the hidden profiles of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Mme Elisabeth, and the two royal children.)
