“P.S.—Since writing my letter, Madame la Comtesse de Joinville, in consequence of the representations made to her as to the difficulty there would be in getting the necessary post-horses on the way, has determined to send M. le Chevalier de Foissy and M. Fontaine back to France with two servants. I thought I ought to warn your Excellency of this new arrangement, and I am going to hand over my letter to M. le Marquis de Clermont-d’Amboise, French Ambassador to Naples, who is starting for Reggio.”
[36] The Duke of Modena was the maternal grandfather of Mme. la Duchesse de Chartres.
[37] Mémoires secrets ou Journal d’un observateur, etc., 29th July, 1771.
[38] Journal historique, vol. iv, and others.
[39] Journal historique, May 24. See Chapter XII, Part II.
[40] Mémoires secrets ou Journal d’un observateur, etc., June 21 and 28, and July 15, 1773.
[41] A town in Seine-Inférieure, where are the mineral waters the Princess went to drink after her marriage.
[42] He who is now called the Duke of Orleans.
[43] See the Mémoires de la Genlis, vol. iii; the Journal of Delille, and other works.
[44] Mémoires de la Genlis, vol. iii, p. 14.