The Celebrated Madame Campan: Lady-in-Waiting to Marie Antoinette And ...
The Celebrated Madame Campan: Lady-in-Waiting to Marie Antoinette And ...
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Mme Campan seems to think that there was some mystery about this insurrection. " There was another cause/' says she, •* which I might have discovered if the state of anxiety in which I found myself at that time had not deprived me of my understanding.
I will endeavour to explain what I mean. One day in the beginning of September the queen, on retiring to rest, commanded me to dismiss her ladies and to remain with her; when we were alone, she said to me : — " * The king will be here at midnight.... You know that he has always trusted you ; he shows his confi- dence in you by choosing you to write at his dictation an account of the affair at Nancy. He wants several copies.' " The king entered the queen's room at midnight and said to me with a smile : — " * You did not expect to act as my secretary, and certainly not at night-time.' " I followed the king ; he took me into the SaUe du Conseil] here I found a quire of paper, an inkstand and some pens all ready prepared. He sat down beside me and dictated to me the marquis de Bouill6's» report, at the same time making a copy with his own 117 Digitized by Google THE CELEBRATED MADAME CAMPAN hand My hand trembled, I could scarcely write ; so many thoughts surged through my brain, that I could scarcely listen to the king.
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Mme Campan seems to think that there was some mystery about this insurrection. " There was another cause/' says she, •* which I might have discovered if the state of anxiety in which I found myself at that time had not deprived me of my understanding.
I will endeavour to explain what I mean. One day in the beginning of September the queen, on retiring to rest, commanded me to dismiss her ladies and to remain with her; when we were alone, she said to me : — " * The king will be here at midnight.... You know that he has always trusted you ; he shows his confi- dence in you by choosing you to write at his dictation an account of the affair at Nancy. He wants several copies.' " The king entered the queen's room at midnight and said to me with a smile : — " * You did not expect to act as my secretary, and certainly not at night-time.' " I followed the king ; he took me into the SaUe du Conseil] here I found a quire of paper, an inkstand and some pens all ready prepared. He sat down beside me and dictated to me the marquis de Bouill6's» report, at the same time making a copy with his own 117 Digitized by Google THE CELEBRATED MADAME CAMPAN hand My hand trembled, I could scarcely write ; so many thoughts surged through my brain, that I could scarcely listen to the king.
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