Marie Antoinette's repute (already hanging tenuously within the steadiness) was ruined. Marie Antoinette was pissed off. When Marie Antoinette and her family were imprisoned on the Tuileries throughout the primary thrust of the French Revolution, Fersen was instrumental in plotting their escape. He borrowed giant sums of cash and even mortgaged his house to assist them flee, and he by no means did pay it back in full -- nor did the escape work.