The vicissitudes of a lady-in-waiting 1735-1821 . Narbonne, who hoped that if Miromesnil weredisgraced, the father-in-law of her son would obtain hisplace. Amongst Madame de Narbonnes papers thereis a letter written to Madame Adelaide by M. de Mon-tholon. He complains bitterly of the Keeper of the Sealswhom he accuses of not having endorsed a petition whichhe sent in to the King, and which the King refused to is therefore certain that there was a coolness betweenthe two magistrates, and it is more than likely thatMontholon would have seen with pleasure the faU ofMiromesnil. It is in t
The vicissitudes of a lady-in-waiting 1735-1821 . Narbonne, who hoped that if Miromesnil weredisgraced, the father-in-law of her son would obtain hisplace. Amongst Madame de Narbonnes papers thereis a letter written to Madame Adelaide by M. de Mon-tholon. He complains bitterly of the Keeper of the Sealswhom he accuses of not having endorsed a petition whichhe sent in to the King, and which the King refused to is therefore certain that there was a coolness betweenthe two magistrates, and it is more than likely thatMontholon would have seen with pleasure the faU ofMiromesnil. It is in the nature of human sentimentsthat, as he had taken the place of Miromesnil as firstPresident of the Magistracy of Normandy, he should think ^ Arch. Nat., T. 568. ^Arch. Nat. (Public Record Office), Letter T. 1089. (Letter ofMadame de Montholon dated 29th October 1788). This mansion?cost one million and only fetched 340,000 francs {Memoirs of Count deRambuteaii, p. 23). All that remains of it is a portion at right angles-with the rue St MARIE-ADELAIDE DE MONTHOLON, COMTESSE DE NARBONNE-LARAFrom a pastel by Mine. I igee-Lebrjin MARRIAGE OF LOUIS DE NARBONNE 83 himself, however mistakenly, fit to replace him at the headof the magistracy of the whole Kingdom. But, with theexception of a few lines from the newsmongers of the day,nothing shows that Madame de Narbonne abetted hisambitious plans. Until we have more ample information,we may consider this as another tale set going on accountof the relative positions of the two parties concerned,and which it was easier to invent than to prove.* At the time of her marriage. Mademoiselle de Mon-tholon was only fourteen-and-a-half years of age. Shewas a mere child who was in a convent up to the eve ofher wedding, and thus she appears to us in the pastelportrait which has been attributed, perhaps erroneously,to Madame Vigee-Lebrun. In it we see Marie Adelaidede Montholon, Countess de Narbonne Lara, ^ sitting onthe very edge of a smal
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