The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . seemed to bloom from her bosom. But that which especiallyastonished the king was a pair of pretty bare feet, worthy ofmarble and the sculptor, in a pair of the most rustic-lookingwooden shoes. By a coquetry that was almost artless, the pretty milkmaidplaced one of her feet upon the outside of one of the woodenshoes. The king recognized the marchioness, and confessedto her that for the first time in his life he had felt the desireto kiss a pretty foot. Madame de Pompadour returned withher lover to the hermitage,
The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages; . seemed to bloom from her bosom. But that which especiallyastonished the king was a pair of pretty bare feet, worthy ofmarble and the sculptor, in a pair of the most rustic-lookingwooden shoes. By a coquetry that was almost artless, the pretty milkmaidplaced one of her feet upon the outside of one of the woodenshoes. The king recognized the marchioness, and confessedto her that for the first time in his life he had felt the desireto kiss a pretty foot. Madame de Pompadour returned withher lover to the hermitage, and this was the origin of thefamous Parc-aux-Cerfs. When Madame de Pompadour had exhausted all her me-tamorphoses, she peopled the Parc-aux-Cerfs with milkmaids,with shepherdesses, with abbesses, who continued the partplayed by herself with so much genius and grace. Shewished to reign not over the heart of Louis XV., but overFrance; while Louis XV. was reigning in the Parc-aux-Cerfs,she was governing at Versailles.—A. Houssaye. c^ ^ <^p. *% A *% «* ^ ?
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