. Memoirs of the comte de Rambuteau . , to descend from a superintendent tobe one of the superintended ; but It made life easier forhim. Two months were spent in negotiations, during whichmy position was rather anomalous, for, though my contractwas duly signed, I had not yet made acquaintance with myintended. Everybody in the social world was astonished atthese delays. On the other hand, I saw M. de Narbonnefrequently, and the more I saw of him the more I lovedhim. I was particularly impressed by his integrity. Certain people, he said, look out for a son-in-law ;I want to find a son. I have he
. Memoirs of the comte de Rambuteau . , to descend from a superintendent tobe one of the superintended ; but It made life easier forhim. Two months were spent in negotiations, during whichmy position was rather anomalous, for, though my contractwas duly signed, I had not yet made acquaintance with myintended. Everybody in the social world was astonished atthese delays. On the other hand, I saw M. de Narbonnefrequently, and the more I saw of him the more I lovedhim. I was particularly impressed by his integrity. Certain people, he said, look out for a son-in-law ;I want to find a son. I have heard nothing but good ofyou. And although every one hinted at some trifling littledrawback, every one added : But hes such a goodfellow ! Well, I have given my daughter to this goodyoung fellow. Indeed he always treated me as his son, a factwhich I shall never weary of repeating. His affection for me • Mme. de Montholon had also lost her whole fortune, which broughther an income of 300,000 livres, in the revolution of Santo -_^7/,^ »//{r,/m Hellos^ PujarJm Pans COMTE DE RAMBUTEAU 19 was an open secret. The Emperor was especially awareof itj for, when he promised him on his departure asAmbassador to Vienna in 1813 the title of duke, withan endowment large enough to correspond adequately tothe position, he further bestowed on him the right toadopt me. M. de Narbonne at that time lived with Mme. de Laval ^in a small pavilion in the Rue Roqu^pine, where she held areception every evening for the celebrities of the period :MM. de Talleyrand, de Choiseul-Gouffier, de Jaucourt,Comte de La Marck, the friend of Mirabeau, Comte deClary, son-in-law of Prince de Ligne, Prince Poniatowski,the Due de Laval, Adrien de Montmorency, and Choiseul, de Jaucourt, de La Tour du Pin, de Vicence,^de Baufremont, de Coigny,^ de Balbi,* de Souza,^ &c. Itwas a select and limited circle in which scarcely any one ofmy age appeared. The honour of sharing it, therefo
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