Rival French Courts the Experiences of a Lady in Waiting At Sceaux At Versaill
Rival French Courts the Experiences of a Lady in Waiting At Sceaux At Versaill
S H Lombardini
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'" The Due du Maine was meditating upon the ad- visability of a legal separation from his turbulent wife ! He feared the extravagance of her expenses 192 RELEASE OF THE CONSPIRATORS as much as the waywardness of her caprices, and at last he resolved to repair to Clagny, one of his country seats, and from this safe and distant shelter to open negotiations with Sceaux. Public rumour was apprised of this earlier than Madame du Maine, but no one dared break to her the news of such an astounding def...ection. She was journeying by slow stages from her Burgundy residence towards Sceaux, in her own carriages, which had been sent to meet her by order of the Regent; and at each posting station she had expected to find her husband in readiness, eager to take upon himself the familiar yoke. But disappointment followed upon dis- appointment, and the members of her escort were groaning under the necessity of finding evasive answers to her pressing questions, when, to their relief, an imprudent postmaster at Fontainebleau revealed the truth.
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