. Five fair sisters : an Italian episode at the court of Louis XIV. eath an appearance of good nature anda readiness to oblige in small things, the beautifulduchess concealed a thoroughly selfish heart, and now,forgetting the obligations under which Marie hadplaced her, in the fear that she might compromise herown interests with Louis XIV, and perhaps forfeit herpension by extending to her her hospitality, she sud-denly remembered a vow which she had made to Saint-Francis of Sales, and the accomplishment nf whichwould not permit of a moments further delay, andhastily quitted Chambcry without s
. Five fair sisters : an Italian episode at the court of Louis XIV. eath an appearance of good nature anda readiness to oblige in small things, the beautifulduchess concealed a thoroughly selfish heart, and now,forgetting the obligations under which Marie hadplaced her, in the fear that she might compromise herown interests with Louis XIV, and perhaps forfeit herpension by extending to her her hospitality, she sud-denly remembered a vow which she had made to Saint-Francis of Sales, and the accomplishment nf whichwould not permit of a moments further delay, andhastily quitted Chambcry without saying a word as toher destination. Marie was naturally much incensed at the conduct ofher sister, and after remaining a few days at Saint-Inno-cent, as the guest of the bishop, returned to Turin,where she had the additional mortification of learningthat Louis XIV, at the solicitation of her husband, whoappears to have been under the impression that Francehad been her objective, had issued the most stringentinjunctions to the officials of the frontier provinces to. i- fuiii all engraving by {j. Valict CHARLKS EMMANUEL II, DUKK OF SAVOY FIVE FAIR SISTERS 33^ prevent her entering his realm. However, the Dukeof Savoy showed himself so delighted at her return, andpaid her such delicate attentions, that she soon recoveredher spirits, and profited by the permission which she hadobtained to leave the convent once a week to attend severalhunting-parties and other entertainments which CharlesI^mmanuel gave at his country-seat of La Venerie. Having tasted the sweets of liberty once more, theConstabless began to find the restrictions of convent lifemore irksome than ever, and she implored the Duke topermit her to leave her cloister. The prince, only tooanxious to have greater facilities for enjoying the societyof the lady to whom he had now completely lost his heart,communicated with the Constable, who despatched anenvoy to Turin in the person of Don Carlo dEste, Mar-chese di Borgomaincro.
Size: 1480px × 1688px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorwilliamshnoelhughnoel, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900
