Edmund Burke was criticized by stating that the queen fled from her home “en deshabille” (Blakemore, 514) which means almost naked. Although there were several instances where people may have entered the Queen's living quarters, there was no physical evidence of her running out of her room in unacceptable attire. This shows how determined the French were to belittle the queen's reputation, even if it went so far as to be almost satirical. Another great rumor of the time was that a "mob, frustrated at not being able to find the queen, 'pierced the mattress with pikes and committed other humiliations'" (Blakemore, 520). While these things have almost no evidence, the simple fact that the French would go to great lengths to make up stories so elaborate and extreme that they could incriminate those mentioned in them if "witnesses" claimed the tales were true, shows how the French greatly despised the queen. This enormous amount of hatred towards the queen and her Austrian heritage was the backbone of her death and how Queen Marie Antoinette lost her.