Moberly and Jourdain recounted that they had decided to visit the Palace of Versailles as part of several trips around Paris, detailing how, on 10 August 1901, they travelled by train to Versailles. They remembered not thinking much of the palace after touring it,[1] so they said they decided to walk through the gardens to the Petit Trianon[9] but after reaching the Grand Trianon found it was closed to the public.[5]