[12] Marie Antoinette to Maria Teresa, May 16th, Arneth, iii., p. 200.
[13] Weber, i., p.40.
[14] One of his admirers, seeing his mortification, said to him: "You are very simple to have wished to go to court. Do you know what would have happened to you? I will tell you. The king, with his usual affability, would have laughed in your face, and talked to you of your converts at Ferney. The queen would have spoken of your plays. Monsieur would have asked you what your income was. Madame would have quoted some of your verses. The Countess of Artois would have said nothing at all; and the count would have conversed with you about 'the Maid of Orleans.'"—Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI. et la Famille Royale, p. 125, March 3d.
CHAPTER XIV.
[1] "La cour se précipite pêle-mêle avec la foule, car l'étiquette de France veut que tous entrent à ce moment, que nul ne soit refusé, et que le spectacle soit public d'une reine qui va donner un héritier à la couronne, ou seulement un enfant au roi."—Mém. de Goncourt, p. 105.
[2] Arneth, iii., p. 270.
[3] Madame de Campan, ch. ix.
[4] Ibid., ch. ix.
[5] Chambrier, i., p. 394.
[6] "Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI., et la Famille Royale," p. 147, December 24th, 1778.