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Updated: September 28, 2025
"It was a most welcome present, mother dear," he said, "for we were reduced to utter want." Time went on but Jeanne could not get accustomed to her new home. It seemed as if she could not breathe freely at Batteville, and she felt more alone and forsaken than ever.
The Baron de Batteville, who had defended it valiantly, and for a long time, obtained a capitulation worthy of such a resistance. On this occasion the court of France compelled its rival of Spain to submit to the mortifying circumstance of acknowledging the French superiority.
When she could no longer see the high roof of the château through the trees, something within her seemed to break, and she felt that she had just said good-bye to her old home for ever. They went straight back to Batteville, and as she was going indoors Jeanne saw something white under the door; it was a letter which the postman had slipped there during their absence.
Our King, I heard, ordered that no Englishman should meddle in the business, Louis certainly held that opinion; and he afterwards instructed D'Estrades to solicit from the English court the punishment of those Londoners who had insulted his ambassador, and to demand the dismissal of De Batteville.
As for M. Paul, I will go and fetch him myself the next time we hear anything from him. With best respects, your servant, And Jeanne started back to Batteville one bitterly cold, snowy morning. After her return from Paris, Jeanne would not go out or take any interest in anything.
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