The Private Memoirs of Louis Xv Taken From the Memoirs of Madame Du Hausset La
The Private Memoirs of Louis Xv Taken From the Memoirs of Madame Du Hausset La
Du Hausset Mme.
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Do you know what he said to me to day ? The King had been talking to him in my room, and the Doctor appeared timid and agitated. After the King was gone, I said to him, ' You always seem so embarrassed in the King's presence, and yet he is so good-natured. ' MADAME DU HAUSSET 121 ' Madame, ' said he, ' I left my native village at the age of forty, and I have very little experi- ence of the world, nor can I accustom myself to its usages without great difficulty. When I am in a room with the King..., I say to myself, This is a man who can order my head to be cut off; and that idea embarrasses me. ' 'But do not the King's justice and kindness set you at ease ? — ' That is very true in reasoning, ' said he ; ' but the sentiment is more prompt, and inspires me . With fear before I have time to say to myself all that is calculated to allay it. '" I got her to repeat this conversation, and wrote it down immediately, that I might not forget it. An anonymous letter was addressed to the King and Madame de Pompadour ; and, as the 122 MEMOIRS OF LOUIS XV author was very anxious that it should not mis- carry, he sent copies to the Lieutenant of Police, sealed and directed to the King, to Madame de Pompadour, and to M.
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