. The celebrated Madame Campan, lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette and confidante of Napoleon. a sure proofof his intelligence. As for prince Louis, who hadlately been told the story of Puss-in-Boots, he hadthrust one of his little legs into a cardboard boot and,whip in hand, was bent upon imitating the hero ofthat romance; so excited was he, that he ran throughall the rooms, and would listen to nobody. He isreally charming with his vivacity, his fresh colour, andhis resemblance to your Majesty. This letter concludes with a request for loo francsthat she may buy a layette for the child of a p
. The celebrated Madame Campan, lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette and confidante of Napoleon. a sure proofof his intelligence. As for prince Louis, who hadlately been told the story of Puss-in-Boots, he hadthrust one of his little legs into a cardboard boot and,whip in hand, was bent upon imitating the hero ofthat romance; so excited was he, that he ran throughall the rooms, and would listen to nobody. He isreally charming with his vivacity, his fresh colour, andhis resemblance to your Majesty. This letter concludes with a request for loo francsthat she may buy a layette for the child of a poorEnglish lady, n^e Cameron, married to a needydmigrd, and already the mother of three children :** This lady is very virtuous, is an excellent mother,is still pretty, and one can see that she is accustomedto good society. Some relatives of mine knew her inLondon nearly twenty years ago. The year 1812 was uneventful for Maman Campanand her children, except for a visit from Hortense,when the latter distributed as a reward to some of thebest pupils several handsome medals, enamelled with 328. Cofiyrig/ii by\ HORTENSE DE a painting by R(!granet. [I! in It II &^ Co. THE HAPPY DAYS OF HORTENSE a portrait of the beloved Emperor. These visitswere the source of as much pleasure to Hortense asto the pupils. So warm was the welcome, so trulydid the childrens wishes come from the heart, thatHortense, speaking in 1831 of those visits, said :That is the only royalty I ever regretted. At last, in June 1813, Mme Campan seemedabout to obtain for her son Henri the long-desiredposition. The Emperor, in fact, had actually nomin-ated Henri prefect of Amiens, when M. de laTour-du-Pin Gouvernet, backed by some influentialpersons at Court, was given that post in order tocompensate him for another appointment which hehad been promised, but had not obtained. And sopoor Henri, the son of the celebrated MistressCampan, as she was called in the London and NewYork newspapers of the day, f
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