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The duc de la Vauguyon and the comtesse du Barry The marquis de Chauvelin and the comtesse M. de Montbarrey and the comtesse Intrigues Lebel Arrival of the du Barry family The comte d'Hargicourt The demoiselles du Barry Marriage of the comtesse The marquis de Bonrepos Correspondences The broken glass The prince de Soubise was not the only person who wished to act in the capacity of mentor to me.
My two sisters-in-law, the wife of comte d'Hargicourt and that of my nephew, were speedily assembled to talk over with me the events of the last twelve hours. I threw myself upon my bed in a state of mental and bodily fatigue, impossible to describe.
The king acted upon the same principle in the present conjuncture; he bestowed a million of livres upon the comte d'Hargicourt, that is to say, 500,000 livres to be employed in paying the debts of the comte de Fumel, and in freeing his estates from a dowry of 60,000 livres to be paid to his daughter on her marriage, with various other clearances and payments; besides this my brother-in-law, comte d'Hargicourt, was appointed captain in the prince's Swiss guards, one of the most honorable commissions that could have been conferred on him.
He was eminently suited for the office now conferred on him; and those who knew him best were the least surprised to find the nomination had fallen on him. I also procured a post in the establishment of the young couple for my sister-in-law, the comtesse d'Hargicourt.
It was the Wednesday of the fifth of May that I took my seat in the carriage of the duchesse d'Aiguillon accompanied by my sister-in-law and the vicomtesse Adolphe, who would not forsake me. Bischi remained with madame d'Hargicourt, whose duties detained her with the comtesse d'Artois. Her husband also remained at Versailles, while comte Jean and his son proceeded to Paris.
Marriage of madame Boncault The comte de Bourbon Busset Marriage of comte d'Hargicourt Disgrace of the comte de Broglie He is replaced by M. Lemoine The king complains of ennui Conversations on the subject Entry into Paris
Comte Jean would not have ventured such a proposal to his other brother, the comte d'Hargicourt, who had much good sense and great notions of propriety, and who at Versailles was called the <honnete homme>; a distinction not over flattering to his two brothers. The same evening the whole family arrived, and was presented to me the next day.
The king acted upon the same principle in the present conjuncture; he bestowed a million of livres upon the comte d'Hargicourt, that is to say, 500,000 livres to be employed in paying the debts of the comte de Fumel, and in freeing his estates from a dowry of 60,000 livres to be paid to his daughter on her marriage, with various other clearances and payments; besides this my brother-in-law, comte d'Hargicourt, was appointed captain in the prince's Swiss guards, one of the most honorable commissions that could have been conferred on him.
The duc de la Vauguyon and the comtesse du Barry The marquis de Chauvelin and the comtesse M. de Montbarrey and the comtesse Intrigues Lebel Arrival of the du Barry family The comte d'Hargicourt The demoiselles du Barry Marriage of the comtesse The marquis de Bonrepos Correspondences The broken glass The prince de Soubise was not the only person who wished to act in the capacity of mentor to me.
Marriage of madame Boncault The comte de Bourbon Busset Marriage of comte d'Hargicourt Disgrace of the comte de Broglie He is replaced by M. Lemoine The king complains of ennui Conversations on the subject Entry into Paris
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