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"Good Campan," said she, "you have seen me in a moment of weakness, of which I am truly ashamed. Try to forget it dear friend, and I promise that it shall never be repeated. And now, call my tire-women and order my carriage. Leonard is coming with a new coiffure, and Bertin has left me several beautiful hats.
'I will do so, said the King; 'it will be an honourable title; but tell Campan not to add a single crown to his expenses, for you will see they will never pay him. "Louis XV., by his dignified carriage, and the amiable yet majestic expression of his features, was worthy to succeed to Louis the Great. But he too frequently indulged in secret pleasures, which at last were sure to become known.
"Give me the paper, I will read it myself." Madame de Campan hesitated. "Would your majesty not prefer to receive it in the presence of the king, and have it read by his majesty?" "No, no, Campan. If it is favorable, I shall have pleasure in carrying the good news to the king. If it is unfavorable, then I can collect myself before I see him."
Madame de Campan had told them that the queen did not possess the necklace; that no Countess Lamotte-Valois had ever had an interview with the queen; that she had told the jewellers with extreme indignation that some one had been deceiving them; that they were the victims of a fraud, and that she would at once go to Trianon to inform the queen of this fearful intrigue.
LORD CHESTERFIELD, Letter to Mr. Dayrolles, dated May 19th, 1752. Maria Teresa died in December, 1780. Mme. du Deffand, letter of May 19th, 1770. Chambier, i., p. 60. Mme. de Campan, i., p. 3. He told Mercy she was "'vive et un peu enfant, mais," ajouta-t-il, "cela est bien de son âge." ARNETH, i., p. 11. Arneth, i., p.9-16 Dates 9th and 12th., Arneth, i., pp. 16, 18.
Her most intimate friend, however, whom she loved with affection which never waned, was a niece of Madame Campan, by the name of Adèle Auguié, afterwards Madame de Broc, whose sad fate, hereafter to be described, was one of the heaviest blows which fell upon Hortense. It would seem that Hortense was not at all injured by the flattery lavished upon her in consequence of the renown of her father.
Beyond the walls of the mansion of Ecouen, in the village which surrounds it, Madame Campan had taken a small house where she loved to pass a few hours in solitary retirement. There, at liberty to abandon herself to the memory of the past, the superintendent of the imperial establishment became, once more, for the moment, the first lady of the chamber to Marie Antoinette.
General Sorbier must be ready at the first order to advance with all the howitzers of the Guard's artillery against either one or other of the entrenchments. During the cannonade Prince Poniatowski is to advance through the wood on the village and turn the enemy's position. General Campan will move through the wood to seize the first fortification.
First, we must have a nurse, and then his face must be washed, and he must be dressed as becomes my pretty little adopted son." The child, who had ceased his cries for a moment, now broke out into fresh shrieks. "I want to go home! I won't stay here in this big house! Take me to my grandmother!" "Hush, you unconscionable little savage!" said Madame de Campan.
Mademoiselle Oliva is discharged. "Sixth. The lord cardinal " "Well," cried the queen, passionately, "why do you stammer, why do you tremble? He has been discharged; I know it already, for we are already at the names of the acquitted. Read on, Campan." And Madame de Campan read on: "The lord cardinal is acquitted from every charge, and is allowed to publish this acquittal."
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