. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. h the usual receptions, a ball, a state visit to theopera, and last, not least, a bull-fight. The Empress returned, delighted with her the French were still more inclined to repeatwhat had been said before: She was determined tobecome an Empress. Well, now, let her act likeone! Even her deference to the Queen of Englandwas deemed excessive by French pride. And yet her simplicity, and the almost pleadingdiffidence of her manner on official occasions, hada great charm, and were certainly more creditable toher than the haughtiness which s
. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. h the usual receptions, a ball, a state visit to theopera, and last, not least, a bull-fight. The Empress returned, delighted with her the French were still more inclined to repeatwhat had been said before: She was determined tobecome an Empress. Well, now, let her act likeone! Even her deference to the Queen of Englandwas deemed excessive by French pride. And yet her simplicity, and the almost pleadingdiffidence of her manner on official occasions, hada great charm, and were certainly more creditable toher than the haughtiness which so many wouldhave mistaken for dignity in such a change ofposition. It must be admitted, however, that the Empress,at times, weary of the restraints of her rank, threwthem off: too recklessly. When she went to Englandand Scotland for a change of scene after the deathof her sister, the Duchess of Alva, she attracted veryunfavorable notice in London, where, at that timeespecially, ladies of rank were subjected to strictrules of custom and •UCHESS < »l Al VA AND CHILDREN. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY LADREY-DISDEH I. UNDER THE SECOND EMPIRE 177 Lord Malniesbury says, in his Memoirs of an ex-Minister : The Empress of the French arrived in London,and drove with her suite to Claridges Hotel in hackcabs. The following morning she went ont shop-ping, on foot, and to the Crystal Palace in the after-noon. I well remember the surprise and displeasure ofall the English who spoke to me on the subject atthe time. These small incidents confirmed the gen-eral impression that royalty is a trade which mustbe learned like any other. The death of the Due de Moray, which occurredjust at the time when difficulties were beginning togather round the Emperor, was deeply felt by him;the more deeply that the blow was very had been in weak health for some time, butno one dreamed of any danger. His constitutionwas, however, really giving way, and an accidentalchill, producing a sort of
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