[115] “Salons de Paris,” t. 1, p. 435 (Duchesse d’Abrantès, ed. Garnier).
[116] It was one of the family of Rohan who said: “Roi ne puis, prince ne daigne, Rohan je suis.”
[117] “Souvenirs” (Campan), p. 209.
[118] “Souvenirs de Marie Antoinette,” t. 2, p. 11 (Adhémar).
CHAPTER V
La Muette—Sunrise—Italy—Nocturnal adventure—Governess to the children of Orléans—Scandalous reports—Marriages of her daughters—Death of the elder one—The Comte de Valence
ONE of the Royal palaces was La Muette, and it was on one of the journeys there that the Queen took it into her head to see the sun rise. It appeared a harmless fancy enough, and she suggested it to the King.