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In all the evidence there appeared but two serious facts, attested by Latour-du-Pin and Valaze, who deposed to them because they could not help it. Latour-du-Pin declared that Marie Antoinette had applied to him for an accurate statement of the armies while he was minister of war.
Marie Antoinette, who had turned her head in alarm in the direction whence the voice proceeded, met with her searching looks the eyes of Marat, which were fixed upon her with an expression equally stern and contemptuous. She shrank back, and, as if in deadly pain, put her hand to her heart.
One Sunday, when she had packed him off to the Chatelet concert, he returned half an hour later, and told Antoinette that when he reached the Saint Michel Bridge he had not the heart to go any farther: the concert did not interest him: it hurt him too much to have any pleasure without her.
Letter of Maria Teresa to the Dauphin Characters of the Different Members of the Royal Family. Difficulties which beset Marie Antoinette. Maria Teresa's Letter of Advice. The Comte de Mercy is sent as Embassador to France to act as the Adviser of the Dauphiness. The Princesse de Lorraine at the State Ball. A Great Disaster takes place at the Fire-works in Paris. The Peasant at Fontainebleau.
She has also made her toilet for this day; but how different is this toilet of the Widow Capet from that which once Marie Antoinette had worn to be admired!
There are also in an iron chest, the golden bulls and papal decrees, most of the keys of the Bastille, the wills of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, with his journal, autograph letters of Napoleon, one written by him to Louis XVIII, with a variety of other most interesting objects. The Fontaine de la Naiade in the same street, has a clever bas-relief by Mignot.
The Dames de la Halle at the Theatre. Thanksgiving at Notre Dame. The King goes to a Bal d'Opéra. The Queen's Carriage breaks down. Marie Antoinette has the Measles. Her Anxiety about the War. Retrenchments of Expense. Anglomania in Paris. The Winter at Versailles. Hunting. Private Theatricals. Death of Prince Charles of Lorraine. Successes of the English in America.
McMurray possessed the colour-sense, and I trembled. I tried to explain gently to Carlotta the undesirability of such a costume for outdoor wear in London; but with tastes there is no disputing, and I saw that she was but half-convinced. She will require training in aesthetics. She is very submissive. I said, "Run away now to Antoinette," and she went with the cheerfulness of a child.
Among these friends of the "old regime" may be included the royal court, headed by the queen, Marie Antoinette, and by the king's brothers, the count of Provence and the count of Artois, and likewise the bulk of the higher clergy and the nobles the privileged classes, generally.
Doubtless he thought that was a more interesting historical fact than the imprisonment of poor Marie Antoinette, in the same grim building. There was also a visit to the Italian opera, where a very pretty surprise awaited the guests. At the close of the ballet, the scene suddenly changed to a view of Windsor including the arrival of the Emperor and Empress.
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