. Madame de Staël and her lovers . t plu daccoucher enpublic dans la chapelle de Versailles on auraitbattu des mains. The other acquaintance wasof deep and lasting importance to her life. The time was September 1794. Madame deStael was living in Lausanne, and a young manwho was passing through Lausanne set out to callon her. They had many mutual friends. Hehad cousins who knew her rather well, and weredazzled by her—one cousin in particular who hadwritten of her as a very extraordinary woman ofdistinctly superior genius. Nothing was morenatural than that he should desire to know her,and should
. Madame de Staël and her lovers . t plu daccoucher enpublic dans la chapelle de Versailles on auraitbattu des mains. The other acquaintance wasof deep and lasting importance to her life. The time was September 1794. Madame deStael was living in Lausanne, and a young manwho was passing through Lausanne set out to callon her. They had many mutual friends. Hehad cousins who knew her rather well, and weredazzled by her—one cousin in particular who hadwritten of her as a very extraordinary woman ofdistinctly superior genius. Nothing was morenatural than that he should desire to know her,and should seize the opportunity presented by hisvisit to the town. As he walked towards herhouse, he met her driving out; but he had thecourage of his curiosity. He signalled to thedriver to stop, and approached the carriage andintroduced himself. He was Monsieur BenjaminConstant. Madame de Stael invited him to enterthe carriage and drive home with her to took his seat by her side, and so the curtaindrew up on the new drama. 82. CHAPTER VIII Benjamin Constant de Rebecque—His ancestors—His precociouschildhood — His dissolute youth — He meets Madame deCharriere at Paris and visits her at Colombier—Writes theHistory of Religion on the backs of playing-cards—Departurefor Brunswick—Affectionate correspondence—Colombier re-visited—The end of the liaison. Benjamin Constant de Rebecque was Frenchby descent, but Swiss by birth and fathers family came from Aire, in ancestor, Augustin de Constant, in the ser-vice of the Emperor Charles v., sent on a missionto France, embraced the Reformed religion, ac-cepted an appointment from Jeanne dAlbret,and, at the battle of Coutras, saved the life ofHenri iv., who rewarded him with the governorshipof Marans, had ultimately to leave the country inconsequence of the religious persecutions, anddied at Lausanne. His mother, nh de Chandieu,wais descended from Antoine, Seigneur of Roche-Chandieu, in Dauphi
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