Anning hurried from the Royal Palace to the Palais des Tuileries without stopping.
Normally, it would be utterly fanciful for a commoner to see His Majesty without an appointment.
But now things have changed.
Since Louis XVI was brought to Paris by the populace last October, he seems to have developed a fear of the people, almost a PTSD.
In the Palais des Tuileries, he meets with representatives of the populace every few days and behaves very amiably.
As a result, because of this amiableness, Louis XVI's reputation among the people rapidly turned around.
Anning learned this from chatting with his own artillerymen.
It seems that in another part of history, before Louis XVI's escape, his reputation among the populace was slowly recovering.
