Sophie Dawes, Queen of Chantilly . e,the Egeria of the future king, Louis-Philippe,expressed herself with indignation at the conductof Charles X and exhorted her brother to stepinto the gap. As for Marie-Amehe, her timid,easy-going disposition caused her to look uponthis event more as a trial which had to be borne,than as a blessing. She bent her head as if inprayer and appeared quite overcome. On July 28th the little party at the chateauof Neuilly received a visit from the celebratedpainter Ary Scheffer, who informed them thatthe royalists had been victorious, that the Parisianswere dishearte
Sophie Dawes, Queen of Chantilly . e,the Egeria of the future king, Louis-Philippe,expressed herself with indignation at the conductof Charles X and exhorted her brother to stepinto the gap. As for Marie-Amehe, her timid,easy-going disposition caused her to look uponthis event more as a trial which had to be borne,than as a blessing. She bent her head as if inprayer and appeared quite overcome. On July 28th the little party at the chateauof Neuilly received a visit from the celebratedpainter Ary Scheffer, who informed them thatthe royalists had been victorious, that the Parisianswere disheartened, that their defeat was only aquestion of time, and that Thiers and Mignet hadsought safety in flight. This news, as we can guess, was most un-welcome to the future king and his sister ; fearingreprisals, the family retreated to a small pavilionin the grounds of Neuilly. A sigh of relief greeted the princesse MariedOrleans when she came running in from thegarden with the glad news. * Victory ! victory ! cried she, the royal 162. A State of Uncertainty guards have surrendered, and have been dis-armed. Come back to the drawing-room ! * On the following day, the due dOrleans manof business (like master, like man) came to con-firm this glad news. He found the duchessalone: the duke had taken the precaution tobeat a retreat to his country house at le Raincyon the previous evening ; he was not quite certainwhat the infuriated royalists might or might notdo. M. Dupin says in his memoirs :— I was ushered into the presence of the duchessedOrleans who was alone. When I informed herthat it was proposed to intrust the managementof the affairs of the State to the duke, she seemedmuch moved. . She said to me : But the duedOrleans is an honest man ; he will never consentto undertake anything against the King. . Theduchess began to shed tears. ... I told her thatI only wished to inform the due dOrleans ofwhat had just happened and I expressed a desireto see Mme. Adelaide. . The latter was
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