. Old Paris : its court and literary salons . has many habits and traits ofcharacter in common with the queen; she isdesperately idle, has an excellent appetite, andis fond of pampering it, and, like Anne ofAustria, thinks that la belle galanterie anddevotion should walk hand-in-hand; but she hashad more education than the queen, and is fondof literary society. She is distinguished for lesbelles manieres and is especially prone to con-struct maximes etpensies La Rochefoucauld looks as if he were notwell pleased; he has a surly air. Saint Simonhas told us that a morose, proud temper was acharac
. Old Paris : its court and literary salons . has many habits and traits ofcharacter in common with the queen; she isdesperately idle, has an excellent appetite, andis fond of pampering it, and, like Anne ofAustria, thinks that la belle galanterie anddevotion should walk hand-in-hand; but she hashad more education than the queen, and is fondof literary society. She is distinguished for lesbelles manieres and is especially prone to con-struct maximes etpensies La Rochefoucauld looks as if he were notwell pleased; he has a surly air. Saint Simonhas told us that a morose, proud temper was acharacteristic of his family. Just now he maybe excused, for he has reason to be displeasedwith the queen, towards whom both he andBeaufort-Venddme were inclined to displaymuch chivalric devotion. But the cardinalstepped in and prevented Anne from fulfillingthe promises she had made of giving La Roche-foucauld the governorship of Normandy. Shelooked coldly on him, too; no longer bestowed Due de la Rochefoucauld Photo-etching from a rare old Print. THE FRENCH NAVY 277 on him one of those smiles that Madame deMotteville tells us were so irresistible. LaRochefoucauld resented this treatment, andjoined Les Importants the party opposedto Mazarin. Beaufort was the chief of thisparty. He had desired to be placed at the headof the admiralty. The cardinal refused togratify him; he thought him incompetent, anddisliked him for his popularity; generally, too,the duke was considered fit only to play thepart of un heros de theatre But as theentire French navy then consisted of but twoor three rotten vessels, no great ability wasneeded to direct that department of the was indignant, and became the cardinalsenemy. But look once more at the company. Thereis Mademoiselle Ninon, and she is escorted byher friend Saint Evremond and a dashing mous-quetaire noir. She wears a violet dress with awoven-in pattern of black and gold. Francehas begun to be famous for those thick richsilks. Several
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