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Suddenly, in the imperial box, which had so long been empty, a tall and noble figure bent forward, far over the railing, and a clear, musical voice cried out : " Leopold has a son !" The audience, as if electrified, rose with one accord from their seats. AU turned toward the imperial box. Each one had recog- nized the voice of the adored Maria Theresa, and every heart over- flowed with the joy of the moment. The empress repeated her words : "Leopold has a son, and it is bom on my weddmg-day. Wi...sh me joy, dear friends, of my grandson !" . « i, j Then arose such a storm of congratulations as never before had been heard within those theatre walls. The women wept, and the men waved their hats and cheered ; while all, with one voice, cried out, "Long live Maria Theresa! Long live the imperial grand- mother !" 238 JOSEPH II. AND HIS COURT CHAPTER LVI. THE GIFT. All prophecies defying, Maria Theresa had given her daughter to France. In the month of May, 1770, the Archduchess Marie Antoinette was married by proxy in Vienna ; and amid the ringing of bells, the booming of cannon, and the shouts of the populace, the beautiful young dauphiness left Austria to meet her ine\ itable fate.
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