Pickle the spy; . ylum for Charles on June 24,1748. On September 8,Burnaby wrote, for England, a long remonstranceto the Laudable States of Fribourg, calling Charles this youiw Italian ! The States, in five lines, re-buked Burnabys impertinence, as unconhned in itsexpressions and so unsuitable to a Sovereign Statethat we did not judge it proper to answer it.* To Fribourg Charles would not go. He bravedthe French Court in every way. He even insistedon a goldsmiths preferring his order for a greatservice of plate to the Kings, and, having obtainedthe plate, he feasted the Princesse de Talmond, h
Pickle the spy; . ylum for Charles on June 24,1748. On September 8,Burnaby wrote, for England, a long remonstranceto the Laudable States of Fribourg, calling Charles this youiw Italian ! The States, in five lines, re-buked Burnabys impertinence, as unconhned in itsexpressions and so unsuitable to a Sovereign Statethat we did not judge it proper to answer it.* To Fribourg Charles would not go. He bravedthe French Court in every way. He even insistedon a goldsmiths preferring his order for a greatservice of plate to the Kings, and, having obtainedthe plate, he feasted the Princesse de Talmond, hisfriend and cousin, the Due de Bouillon, and a crowdof other distinguished In his demeanourCharles resolutely affronted the French were terrible scenes with Madame de Talmond,especially when Charles was forbidden the house byher husband. Charles was led away from her closed 1 Genuine Copies of Letters, dec,. London, 1748. 2 An Account of the Princes Arrival in France, p. GG. London, PRINCE CHARLES, ABOUT <i miniature at Strathtyrum. CHARLES ARRESTED 39 door by Bulkeley, the brother-in-law of MarshalBerwick, and a friend of Thus theviolence which afterwards interrupted and endedCharless liaison with Madame de Talmond hadalready declared itself. One day, according todArgenson, the lady said, You want to give me thesecond volume in your romance of compromisingMadame de Montbazon [his cousin] with your twopistol-shots. No more is known of this Charles was popular both in Court and town:his resistance to expulsion was applauded. DeGevres was sent by the King to entreat Charles toleave France: he received de Gevres gallantly, hishand on his sword-hilt. DArgenson saw him at theopera on December 3, 1748, fort gai et fort beau,admire de tout le public On December 10, 1748, Charles was arrested atthe door of the opera house, bound hand and foot,searched, and dragged to Yincennes. The deplorablescene is too familia
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