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Her Majesty once gave me nearly thirty letters she had written in the course of two days, which were forwarded by my cara Inglesina cara indeed! for she was of the greatest service. "Her Majesty slept very little. But her courage never slackened; and neither her health, nor her general amiableness, was in the least affected.
"Not only letters," exclaimed she, "but my life I would trust to the fidelity of my vera, verissima, cara Inglesina! And now," continued Her Highness, turning round to the Queen, "will it please Your Majesty to give Inglesina your commands." "Here, then," said the Queen, "is a letter for my dear sister, the Queen of Naples, which you must deliver into her own hands.
It gave me a cruel pang to be obliged to undervalue the obligations with which they overwhelmed me by leaving England as I did, without giving them an opportunity of carrying their good intentions, which, I had myself solicited, into effect. But we cannot command fate. Be assured, 'Inglesina', it will be my ambition to bring about one of the happiest ages of French history.
I was accompanied by my 'cara Inglesina', who, always on the alert, exclaimed, 'Let me entreat Your Highness not to remain any longer in this place. You are too deeply moved to dissemble.
Her Majesty once gave me nearly thirty letters she had written in the course of two days, which were forwarded by my cara Inglesina cara indeed! for she was of the greatest service. "Her Majesty slept very little. But her courage never slackened; and neither her health, nor her general amiableness, was in the least affected.
And then she called me again her cars 'Inglesina', and graciously condescended to embrace me, and bathed my face with her tears, in token of her forgiveness, and bade me sit down and compose myself, and weep no more. Scarcely was I seated, when we were both startled by deafening shouts for the head of Madame Veto, the name they gave the poor unfortunate Queen.
"Therefore mia cara Inglesina, take especial care what you are about, and obey Her Majesty's wishes when you are absent, as implicitly as you have hitherto done all her commands during your abode near her. You are not to write to any one. No one is to be made acquainted with your route. You are not to leave Paris in your own carriage.
I was accompanied by my 'cara Inglesina', who, always on the alert, exclaimed, 'Let me entreat Your Highness not to remain any longer in this place. You are too deeply moved to dissemble.
"Therefore mia cara Inglesina, take especial care what you are about, and obey Her Majesty's wishes when you are absent, as implicitly as you have hitherto done all her commands during your abode near her. You are not to write to any one. No one is to be made acquainted with your route. You are not to leave Paris in your own carriage.
It gave me a cruel pang to be obliged to undervalue the obligations with which they overwhelmed me by leaving England as I did, without giving them an opportunity of carrying their good intentions, which, I had myself solicited, into effect. But we cannot command fate. Be assured, 'Inglesina', it will be my ambition to bring about one of the happiest ages of French history.
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