. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. as if petrified, without seeking recog-nition from the strange group before her, and, aftera pause, turned and walked away gravely. But thePrincess Clotilde never again went to a fancy ball,and quietly expressed her determination, which wasirrevocable. No; I will go to ordinary balls, butnot to costume balls. But why, Madame? Iwill not go. This was all, and she vouchsafed noexplanation. But what I had seen gave me the keyto a resolution which caused general surprise. The Empress had intended to appear as a conven-tional Louis Quinze Diana, with
. Life in the Tuileries under the second empire. as if petrified, without seeking recog-nition from the strange group before her, and, aftera pause, turned and walked away gravely. But thePrincess Clotilde never again went to a fancy ball,and quietly expressed her determination, which wasirrevocable. No; I will go to ordinary balls, butnot to costume balls. But why, Madame? Iwill not go. This was all, and she vouchsafed noexplanation. But what I had seen gave me the keyto a resolution which caused general surprise. The Empress had intended to appear as a conven-tional Louis Quinze Diana, with powdered hair anda profusion of diamonds, but there had been muchdiscussion as to whether or not she ought to wearthis dress. There was no impropriety in the ar-rangement of the costume itself, which I saw, on an-other occasion, worn by the young and very prettyPrincess Anna Murat,1 to whom the Empress had 1 A descendant of the Marshal, who was for some time king ofNaples, and of his wife, Caroline Bonaparte, one of the first Em-perors 1 5
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