Madame Du Barry . taste to invite Madame du Barry, although up to thepresent he had never yet ventured to introduce his mistressto the same table as the Royal Family. The Austrian Ambassador, Mercy-Argenteau, who hadbeen commissioned by his Sacred Majesty, as he stylesMaria Theresa, to report to her the minutest detailsconcerning her daughter, could scarcely believe theevidence of his eyes. It appears inconceivable, hewrites, that the King should choose this moment toaccord to the favourite an honour which has been refusedher up to the present. ^ What is the Comtesse du Barrys function at Cour
Madame Du Barry . taste to invite Madame du Barry, although up to thepresent he had never yet ventured to introduce his mistressto the same table as the Royal Family. The Austrian Ambassador, Mercy-Argenteau, who hadbeen commissioned by his Sacred Majesty, as he stylesMaria Theresa, to report to her the minutest detailsconcerning her daughter, could scarcely believe theevidence of his eyes. It appears inconceivable, hewrites, that the King should choose this moment toaccord to the favourite an honour which has been refusedher up to the present. ^ What is the Comtesse du Barrys function at Court ? The smallest of the pearls composing this necklace was said to be aslarge as a filbert. Magnificent though they were, however, they weresurpassed, according to Mademoiselle de Montpensier, by the pearls ofthe Marechale de IHopital, which le Grand Monarque purchased andpresented to Madame de Montespan. Mercy (0 Kaunitz, May 17, 1770. 130 rtv*^^ MARIE ANTOINETTE (Dauphine de France)From an Engraving by h,Qj^.u3^4 MADAME DU BARRY inquired Marie Antoinette, observing with surprise theattentions which the infatuated monarch lavished uponthe favourite. To amuse the King, was the diplomatic answer ofthe courtier addressed. Then, rejoined the young girl, with all the candourof her fifteen years, I intend to be her rival. A rivalry indeed ensued, remarks M. de Nolhac, very different from the one she imagined, betweeninnocence and vice, a contest secret at first, but soonapparent, and affecting the highest political interests.^ Beautiful, joyous, and affectionate, eager to please,grateful for every attention, Marie Antoinette speedilywon golden opinions from Louis XV., who, we feel boundto observe, appears to have treated her with a kindnesswhich might well have merited more consideration for hisdomestic tranquillity than the princess afterwards Madame du Barry, too, contrary to the generalimpression which seems to prevail, nothing occurredduring the first fe
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