Madame Du Barry . Now, the archbishop was an honest and pious, it narrow-minded man, who had suffered exile and persecution forthe truths sake, or rather for that of the Bull deplored the irregularities of the King, but he waswell aware of the services which Madame du Barry hadrendered to the party of which he was the ecclesiasticalhead by the overthrow of Choiseul, the elevation ofdAiguillon, and the destruction of the Parliaments. Hehad come to insist on the dismissal of the favourite, as apreliminary to confession and the Sacraments, to thesaving of the Kings soul ; but when R
Madame Du Barry . Now, the archbishop was an honest and pious, it narrow-minded man, who had suffered exile and persecution forthe truths sake, or rather for that of the Bull deplored the irregularities of the King, but he waswell aware of the services which Madame du Barry hadrendered to the party of which he was the ecclesiasticalhead by the overthrow of Choiseul, the elevation ofdAiguillon, and the destruction of the Parliaments. Hehad come to insist on the dismissal of the favourite, as apreliminary to confession and the Sacraments, to thesaving of the Kings soul ; but when Richelieu, withbrutal frankness, pointed out to him that the saving ofthe Kings soul meant the return of Choiseul and the oldParliament, the triumph, in fact, of the enemies of theChurch, the archbishop began to wonder whether his 260 .•JD/AMl -jn im/ r-iri; ir//rr/|,/ adopt ice of ? lu u^ that 1 be r courtesy only, and nom th; con- MADAME ADELAIDE DE FRANCE ( of Louis XV.) From the Pnlnting by Nattier. MADAME DU BARRY Most Christians Majestys salvation was indeed worth sogreat a sacrifice. While he hesitated between his zeal and his conscience,the Due dAumont came to announce that the Kingawaited him. The prelate rose and made his way intothe sick-room, where the first object his eyes rested uponwas a lady perched on the royal bed. The lady was, ofcourse, Madame du Barry, who, however, fled at hisapproach, leaving him alone with the King and the DuedOrleans, charged by Madame Adelaide to take care thatM. de Beaumont did not say anything which might alarmher father. The audience, as might be expected, had no result ; thearchbishop remained a few minutes, condoling with hisMajesty on the unfortunate event which had temporarilydeprived his loving subjects of the joy of seeing himamongst them, and then went back to Paris, without say-ing a single word about confession ^ ; while the King, in-ferring from the prelates avoidance of this unpleasantsubject, that the doctors c
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