THREE:The End FORE:Lisette and her mother were turning back, but the Dauphine stopped them, and speaking in the kindest manner to them begged them to continue their walk wherever they liked.

THREE:They lingered for a while at Florence, unable to tear themselves away from that enchanting city, with its marvellous wealth of art and that beauty of its own, of walls and towers and palaces and ancient streets then undestroyed.Pauline was almost in despair. Her child died, as all the others had done; letters from home had stopped, she did not know what had become of her mother, sisters, and grandmother; they were in the middle of winter and had only enough money for another month; more and more emigr��s were crowding into Brussels, flying from the Terror, which had begun. FORE:It required time and caution, even with him, in the disturbed state of the country; but already some of the churches were beginning to open; Madame Buonaparte held something extremely like a court at the Tuileries, at which any of the returning emigr��s who would go there were welcomed. And they were now returning in crowds, as fast as they could get themselves ray��s. [133]The Duchesse de Chartres continued for a long time very fond of Mme. de Genlis, who was exceedingly attractive, not only because of her beauty, talents, and accomplishments, but because she was so interesting and amusing that it was impossible to be dull in her company. And though she had many faults she had also many excellent qualities. She was very affectionate and kind to those for whom she really cared, she was charitable, good tempered, and courageous; her reputation so far was good, and her respect for religion made her shun the atheistical philosophic set whose opinions on those points she detested. One friend she had [390] among them, the Comte de Schomberg, was an exception to this rule. He was a friend of Voltaire, and a pronounced atheist, but it was an understood thing that no religious subject should be discussed between them, and no word of impiety spoken in her presence. The events of the Revolution converted M. de Schomberg, and he died some years after it an ardent Christian.

THREE:M. de la Haie��Death of the Dauphin��M. de Saint-Aubin goes to St. Domingo��Taken prisoner by the English��Returns to France��Imprisoned for debt��His death��Difficulties and poverty��F��licit�� marries the Comte de Genlis��His family��The Abbesse de Montivilliers and the robbers��Life in the convent��Birth of a daughter.Such brilliant assemblies are not to be seen in these days. Not only the great political and social personages, but all the celebrated literary and scientific men, poets, painters, composers, musicians, and actors, were to be found there, and the music was the best to be heard in Paris. FORE:It was Tallien.In her ��Memoirs,�� Mme. de Genlis says that the years she spent at the Palais Royal were the most brilliant and the most unhappy of her life.