ONE:The three eldest princesses, who had always remained at court, were, Louise-Elizabeth, called Madame; [59] handsome, clever, and ambitious; who was married to the Duke of Parma, Infant of Spain, [169] a younger son of Philip V., consequently her cousin. [60]II LA MARQUISE DE MONTAGU CHAPTER I
TWO:The makers of the Revolution��F��te �� la Nature��Tallien��Dangerous times��An inharmonious marriage��Colonel la Mothe��A Terrorist��The beginning of the emigration��A sinister prophecy.But the stories against Mme. de Genlis have never been cleared up. Much that was said about her was undoubtedly false, but there remain serious accusations which can neither be proved nor disproved; and that a long, intimate friendship between a prince of the character of Philippe-��galit�� and a young, attractive woman who was governess to his children should have been no more than a platonic one, passes the bounds of credibility.
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