. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. 1 5. UNDER THE SECOND EMPIRE 73 given it, after being reluctantly persuaded that itwas unsuitable to the dignity of her position. It■was not easy to make the Empress understand thatshe could not do what other people did, and thatmany things must be abstained from — though un-objectionable in others. On this occasion the dresswas prepared and laid out in the room reserved forher use, and while still undecided as to whether ornot she would appear as Diana, she examined whatwas in readiness for a fancy quadrille, in whichsome of the dancers were to
. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. 1 5. UNDER THE SECOND EMPIRE 73 given it, after being reluctantly persuaded that itwas unsuitable to the dignity of her position. It■was not easy to make the Empress understand thatshe could not do what other people did, and thatmany things must be abstained from — though un-objectionable in others. On this occasion the dresswas prepared and laid out in the room reserved forher use, and while still undecided as to whether ornot she would appear as Diana, she examined whatwas in readiness for a fancy quadrille, in whichsome of the dancers were to figure with the paste-board horses seen in a circus, where the apparentrider moves inside the trappings. This took herfancy, and she immediately made the trial of one her-self ; but once inside she could not get out again,and none of her ladies knew how to extricateher. Finally, Comte Robert de Tascher was called to therescue, and succeeded in removing the inconvenientappendage, while the Empress was much amused bythe adventure. He came to tell
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