BELLA DUFFY.
CONTENTS.
| Chap. | Page. | |
| I.— | THE MOTHER | [1] |
| II.— | GERMAINE | [9] |
| III.— | GIRLHOOD AND MARRIAGE | [20] |
| IV.— | NECKER’S SHORT-LIVED TRIUMPH | [34] |
| V.— | MADAME DE STAËL IS COURAGEOUS FOR HER FRIENDS | [51] |
| VI.— | RETURNS TO COPPET | [69] |
| VII.— | THE TRANSFORMED CAPITAL | [78] |
| VIII.— | MADAME DE STAËL MEETS NAPOLEON | [93] |
| IX.— | NEW FACES AT COPPET | [108] |
| X.— | MADAME DE STAËL VISITS GERMANY | [127] |
| XI.— | MADAME DE STAËL AND AUGUSTE SCHLEGEL AT ROME | [141] |
| XII.— | MADAME DE STAËL’S SECOND MARRIAGE | [162] |
| XIII.— | ENGLAND AGAIN | [180] |
| XIV.— | CLOSING SCENES | [196] |
| XV.— | HER WORKS | [207] |
MADAME DE STAËL.
CHAPTER I.
THE MOTHER.
“My dear friend having the same tastes as myself, would certainly wish always for my chair, and, like his little daughter, would beat me to make me give it up to him. To keep peace between our hearts, I send a chair for him also. The two are of suitable height and their lightness renders them easy to carry. They are made of the most simple material, and were bought at the sale of Philemon and Baucis.”
Thus wrote Madame Geoffrin to Madame Necker when the intimacy between them had reached such a pitch as to warrant the introduction into the Necker salons of the only sort of chair in which the little old lady cared to sit.