At Compiègne took place Alexander of Russia's famous interview with Louis XVIII.; the king entered the dining-room first, and unceremoniously seated himself; his courtiers, scared at the royal discourtesy, began to murmur amongst themselves, which, the czar noticing, he observed with a smile: “What will you? The grandson of Catherine has not quarterings enough to ride in the king's coach!”
Charles X. received at Compiègne Francis and Isabella of Naples, and gave for their entertainment a hunting fête, at which 11 wild boars, 9 young boars, 7 stags, 56 hind, 10 fawns, 11 bucks, 114 deer, and 20 hares fell victims to the will of the royal sportsmen. Charles, who was on the eve of losing a more serious and brilliant royalty (1830), was, by common consent, proclaimed king of the hunt.
The last circumstance of note connected with Compiègne is the camps held there by Louis Philippe in 1847, and commanded by the Duc de Nemours.
Under the Empire the chateau was inhabited for a short time by the court every autumn, and was the centre of brilliant fêtes and hospitalities.
The Cross Through Love, And Love Through The Cross.
Concluded.
The next morning he went to the Juden-Strasse before the hour of the synagogue service, and walked up unannounced into old Zimmermann's room. As he had hoped, so it proved—she was there, reading the Psalms to the old man. He wondered if she remembered him, if she had noticed him when he had stood upon the landing last Sabbath morning. Zimmermann greeted him with a nod that had not much recognition in it, but said:
“Maheleth, give the stranger a chair. Mein Herr, this is my good little nurse.”
Holcombe bowed, and the girl looked at him in silence for a few seconds.