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Chantepleurs will seem delightful to me after the pomps and vanities of Italy; for, after all, splendor becomes wearisome, and a lover's glance has more beauty than a capo d'opera or a bel quadro! We shall expect you there. Don't be afraid that I shall be jealous again. You are free to take what soundings you please in Macumer's heart, and fish up all the interjections and doubts you can.
Our guide, a mason, and, of course, an amateur of walls, insists upon our calling this a capo d'opera, as, no doubt, it is. On the spot itself there is nothing antique to see; but the drive or ride is one of the most remarkable in all the world!
You remember how it was, do you not? Your husband was lying ill at your hotel; you were very tired of him ce pauvre mari! Well, you had been tired of him for some time, had you not? And he was not what you ladies call 'nice; he did drink, and he did swear, and I had been often to see you when he was out, and had taken you to the theatre and the bal d'Opéra do you remember?"
There was a ballerina who danced far from badly, and, what is a capo d'opera, she is anything but plain, either on the stage or off it. The rest were the usual average. I cannot write much about the Milan opera, for we did not go there, but we heard that it was not successful. Primo uomo, Aprile, who sings well, and has a fine even voice; we heard him at a grand church festival.
Marie Antoinette finds herself in Debt. Forgeries of her Name are committed. The Queen devotes herself too much to Madame de Polignac and others. Versailles is less frequented. Remonstrances of the Empress. Volatile Character of the Queen. She goes to the Bals d'Opéra at Paris. She receives the Duke of Dorset and other English Nobles with Favor.
Lord Stormont. Great Fire at the Hôtel-Dieu. Liberality and Charity of Marie Antoinette. She goes to the Bal d'Opéra. -Her Feelings about the Partition of Poland. The King discusses Politics with her, and thinks highly of her Ability.
Denis; married at Versailles, May 16th, 1770; difficulties in the path of; courage in her conduct; letter of advice from her mother; her sympathy with the sufferers at the fire-work explosion at Paris and with the peasant at Fontainebleau pleases the king and the people; description of her physical appearance; writes to her mother, giving her first impressions of the court and of her own position and prospects; dislike to the court etiquette; intrigues formed against; jealousy of the aunts; addresses from Paris and the states of Languedoc; gaining popularity; expresses a wish to learn to ride; donkey-riding; settlement of income upon; introduces sledging parties into France; gains admiration from her husband; advice of Maria Teresa; growing preference of Louis XV. for; becomes a horse-woman; applying herself to study; taste for music acquired by; appears at a review at Fontainebleau; in the hunting-field; writes to her mother early in 1773; liberality shown by, to the sufferers by the fire at the Hôtel Dieu; receives approval from her mother; expresses her feelings about Poland; state entrance of, into Paris; writes to her mother; presiding at the banquet of the Dames de la Halle; visiting the Parisian theatres; writes to her mother on the death of Louis XV.; shows her good character upon her accession as queen of France; procures the recall from banishment of the Duc de Choiseul; receives from the king the pavilion of the Little Trianon; desires for private friendships and constant amusements; accused of Austrian preferences; receives increased allowance as queen; visited by the Archduke Maximilian; writes to her mother on the coronation of the king; gives garden parties at Trianon; beauty of; shows her mortification at not having children; speaks disparagingly of the king; writes to her mother extolling the French people; indulges at the play-table; finds herself in debt and forgeries of her name committed; receives the Duke of Dorset and others with favor; receives a visit from her brother, the Emperor of Austria; writes to her mother concerning the emperor's visit; receives a letter of advice from her brother on his departure from France; inviting the king's ministers to the Little Trianon; writes political letters; expects to become a mother; declines to receive Voltaire on his return to France; gives birth to a daughter, whom she names Marie Thérèse Charlotte; goes to Notre Dame Cathedral to return thanks; goes in a hackney-coach to a bal d'opéra; is attacked by measles; writes to her mother about the war between France and England; studies politics; engages in private theatricals; writes to her mother in the midst of her troubles; exhibits great grief at the death of her mother; gives birth to a son, the dauphin of France; on education; receives M. de Suffrein with great honor; receives a letter from her brother, the Emperor of Austria, on European politics, and replies to it; St.
Two young artists were brought into his circle, during that winter both Venetians, and both singularly interesting men: Giacomo Boni, now a celebrated antiquary, then capo d'opera of the Ducal Palace, and doing his best to preserve, instead of "restoring," the ancient sculptures; and Angelo Alessandri, a painter of more than usual seriousness of aim and sympathy with the fine qualities of the old masters.
Birth of Madame Royale. Festivities of Thanksgiving. 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.
Monday, 14 Interview with Mme. la Dauphine. Tuesday, 15 Supped at La Muette. Slept at Versailles. Wednesday, 16 My marriage. Apartment in the gallery. Royal banquet in the Salle d'Opera. Thursday, 17 Opera of "Perseus." Friday, 18 Stag-hunt. Met at La Belle Image. Took one. Saturday, 19 Dress-ball in the Salle d'Opera. Fireworks. Thursday, 31 I had an indigestion.
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