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There only remained Russia that durst offer a last refuge to the descendant of Louis XIV. Paul I., who was always in extremes, and who at that time entertained a violent feeling of hatred towards France, earnestly offered Louis XVIII., a residence at Mittau. He treated him with the honours of a sovereign, and loaded him with marks of attention and respect.
After supper we can talk." "Bring the supper at once then, for I am going to talk now." "Are you quite awake?" "Quite awake. How long did it last this time?" "Two days." "We are not two days' journey out of Mittau?" "Yes." "Well, when you have horses put in to-morrow morning, turn them back to Mittau."
He was attended in his march by three thousand Austrian light troops, who did not fail to incommode his rear; but, notwithstanding these impediments, he passed the Mittau, proceeded on his route, and on the ninth day of August arrived at Landshut. From thence he hastened with a detachment towards Frankfort on the Oder, and joined the army commanded by lieutenant-general Dohna at Gorgas.
There His Majesty, Emperor and King, was never anything but "M. de Bonaparte"; there "the King" meant Louis XVIII., then at Mittau; there the Department was still the Province, and the prefecture the intendance.
"What was he doing in the American woods?" "Living on the bounty of one Count de Chaumont, a friend of Bonaparte's." "Who is he?" "A French half-breed, brought up among the Indians." "What name does he bear?" "He is called Lazarre." "But why is a French half-breed named Lazarre attempting to force himself on the exiled court here in Mittau?"
The last news from Europe shows him gathering armies to meet the allies." "Oh, sire, you should have been there!" "Abbé Edgeworth suggests that France is well supplied with dauphins also. Turning off dauphins has been a pastime at court." "Abbé Edgeworth? You do not mean the priest you saw at Mittau? "Confessor and almoner to his majesty. The same man." "Is he here?" "You saw him pass the door."
I scarcely had time to make other observations, as I was hastening to reach Mittau, where I still hoped to find the royal family. But to my annoyance I arrived too late and did not meet them, so that I made but a short stay in this town, where I had only gone for the sake of seeing our Princes. I had taken the post from St.
It was during, his three, years' residence at Mittau that Louis XVIII., who was then known by the title of Comte de Lille, wrote to the First Consul those letters which have been referred to in these Memoirs.
When it was ended she drew some deep breaths in the silence. "Sire, you must be very careful. That Bellenger is an evil man." "But a weak one." "There may be a strength of court policy behind him." "The policy of the court at Mittau is evidently a policy of denial." "Your sister believed in you." "Yes, she believed in me."
Pélagie dropped over the brilliant room. I was nothing after all but a palpitating boy, venturing because he must venture. Light seemed to strike through her blood, however, endowing her with a splendid pallor. "I am going," I determined that moment, "to Mittau." The adorable curve of her eyelids, unlike any other eyelids I ever saw, was lost to me, for her eyes flew wide open. "To "
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