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Pitt, of England, Count Fersen, of Sweden, and others, sought her in marriage, but she loved no person as well as her father. Her consent to marriage could be obtained only by the promise that she should never be obliged to leave him.
But as yet the deluge had not arrived and the great and noble still danced upon the brink of a volcano. Fersen grew more and more infatuated, nor could he quite conceal his feelings. The queen, in her turn, was neither frightened nor indignant. His passion, so profound and yet so respectful, deeply moved her. Then came a time when the truth was made clear to both of them.
The French Foreign Office is less communicative. The papers of their two ablest diplomatists, Barthélemy and Talleyrand, have been made public, besides those of Fersen, Maury, Vaudreuil, and many émigrés; and the letters of several deputies to their constituents are now coming out.
The royal party was escorted back to Paris by the mob, which chanted with insolent additions: "We've brought back the baker, the baker's wife, and the baker's boy! Now we shall have bread!" Against the savage fury which soon animated the French a foreigner like Fersen could do very little; but he seems to have endeavored, night and day, to serve the woman whom he loved.
Tea, introduction of, into France Temple, the Teresa, Maria. See Maria Teresa Tertre, Duport de. Teschen, peace of; Princess of, visits her sister, the queen, in 1786. Thanksgiving, public, at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. "The Handsome," a name given to the Count Axel de Fersen. Theatre, tumult at the. Theatres, the dauphin and dauphiness visiting the Parisian. Theatricals, private.
For the rest, it is legitimate enough to suppose that there needed but one single act of energy, absolute loyalty, disinterested, clear-sighted wisdom, to change the whole course of events. Was it a god, or his blind reliance on Marie Antoinette, that led him to entrust de Fersen a stupid, conceited, and tactless creature with the preparations and control of this disastrous journey?
Those about the court immediately began to look at Fersen with significant smiles. The queen would gladly have kept him near her; but Fersen cared even more for her good name than for his love of her.
At the same time departed the Comte d'Artois and his family, the Prince de Conde and his, the Prince of Hesse d'Armstadt, and all those who were likely to be suspected by the people. "Her Majesty desired the Count Fersen to see the Duchess in her name. When the King heard the request, he exclaimed: "'What a cruel state for Sovereigns, my dear Count!
"'Voila done, j'ai raison! "'We say "inexpressibles"! "'Ah, c'est mieux! Dat do please me ver much better. Il y a du bon sens la dedans. C'est une autre chose! "In the midst of this curious dialogue, in came the Duke of Dorset, Lord Edward Dillon, Count Fersen, and several English gentlemen, who, as they were going to the King's hunt, were all dressed in new buckskin breeches.
Neither in war nor in peace have the French always been famous for their discipline; and the discontent which had been caused by the changes above mentioned had not tended to strengthen it in the closing years of the monarchy. Rochambeau, i. 255, 314. Fersen, i. 39. 67.
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