The crowds were able to capture the king and queen, and forced them back to Paris in a procession led by the heads of their dead bodyguards which were hoisted up on pikes.
This calculation that I just did shows the energy involved in Jordan's skill that she's doing here, her piked double Arabian with a half out, and showing how impressive it is that there's so much energy involved.
Well, good luck proving it. Oh, and on a completely unrelated topic, there's going to be another round of firings coming down the pike. Ed's been after me to trim the fat.
The article was accompanied by a striking picture, taken by Nash, showing two men attempting to catch a pike between the scrap cars that lined the bank of Arisdale Lake.