. Americana. ish married Helene de Perrisse des Cars,—daughter ofthe Count de Car, of France,—and this reminds me of a conver-sation with her in reference to Louis XVI: The reader will recall that there has always been much spec-ulation as to what really became of the little son of Louis XVIand Marie Antoinette; some writers insisting that he was res-cued from his jailer and sent to America, and others insistingthat he died under the cruel treatment administered to him byhis jailer. Historians have recorded that he was starved, beaten,insulted, and reduced to a wan little shadow by the cruel S
. Americana. ish married Helene de Perrisse des Cars,—daughter ofthe Count de Car, of France,—and this reminds me of a conver-sation with her in reference to Louis XVI: The reader will recall that there has always been much spec-ulation as to what really became of the little son of Louis XVIand Marie Antoinette; some writers insisting that he was res-cued from his jailer and sent to America, and others insistingthat he died under the cruel treatment administered to him byhis jailer. Historians have recorded that he was starved, beaten,insulted, and reduced to a wan little shadow by the cruel Simon,but, as I have stated, writers have disputed as to whether hewas finally killed by this treatment. Mrs. Standish told me that her great-grandmother was a ladyof honor to Marie Antoinette, and that she saw the dead bodyof the child and r;?--;gnized it as that of the true Dauphin. Poor, poor, little Prince: The first seven years of his lifepassed as heir to the most magnificent throne on earth, and the. STANDISH HALL 395 remaining three years passed in squalor under the lash of thedemon Simon. Just prior to my visit, Her Eoyal Highness, Alexandra, thePrincess of Wales, Dowager Queen of England, had honoredthem by a visit. The honor of visits by their Eoyal Highnesses,Albert Edward the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Wales,was frequent, Mrs. Standish told me, as the Princess Alexandrawas her school mate; and I recently noticed when reading theMemoirs o| Princess Murat, that on page 294 she mentions thatBefore the Prince came (son of Napoleon 111} Mrs. Stan-dish had the honor of a visit from H. R. H. the Prince ofWales. On a stand in Mrs. Standishs boudoir was a photograph ofQueen Victoria across which was written To dear Helene fromVictoria. Louis Marie, vicomte de Noailles, ser\^ed brilliantly with theAmericans in their war for Independence, as all good Ameri-cans know. He married his cousin who was one of the severaldaughters of Jean Paul, Duke de Noailles, and the
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