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ONE: TWO:The Duchesse d��Ayen��Birth and death of her sons��Her five daughters��Their education at home��Saintly life of the Duchess��Marriage of her eldest daughter to the Vicomte de Noailles��Of the second to the Marquis de la Fayette��Of the Dauphin to the Archduchess Marie Antoinette��The Comtesse de Noailles��Marriages of the Comtes de Provence and d��Artois to the Princesses of Sardinia��Death of Louis XV.��Unhappy marriage of the third daughter of the Duc d��Ayen to the Vicomte du Roure��Afterwards to Vicomte de Th��san��Paulette and Rosalie de Noailles��Adrienne de la Fayette��Radical ideas of the Vicomte de Noailles and Marquis de la Fayette��Displeasure of the family and the King��La Fayette and de Noailles join the American insurgents��Grief and heroism of Adrienne��Marriage of Pauline to the Marquis de Montagu.The walls and fortifications were demolished within the last fifty years, and before and since then many a beautiful historic tower and gateway, many a lovely old house and interesting bit of architecture has vanished before the destroying mania of a stupid town council devoid of either education to comprehend or taste to appreciate and preserve the characteristic beauty which, if they had carefully restored and maintained all that was possible of the old, and carried out the new buildings in harmony with them, would have made their city the pearl of Belgium, as Nuremberg is of Germany.

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ONE:The one she liked best was Marly-le-Roi, a royal palace entirely destroyed in the Revolution. It was then an abode of enchantment, and she always spoke with rapture of the chateau with its six pavilions, its trellised walks covered with jasmin and honeysuckle, its fountains, cascades, canal, and pools upon which floated tame swans, its lawns shaded by enormous trees, its terraces and statues, everything recalling Louis XIV. Here for the first time she saw Marie Antoinette, then Dauphine, walking in the gardens with several of her ladies, all dressed in white. TWO:

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ONE:The Duc de Chartres wrote to his father saying that he never wished to return to France, and wanted to get leave from the Convention to expatriate himself, but the Duke replied that there was no sense in it, and forbade him to write.She would not have her portrait done, saying that she was very sorry to refuse her aunts, but as she had renounced the world she could not have her picture taken. She had cut her hair short and her dress was very simple. The King looked nearly as pale and thin. TWO:The Mar��chale de Mouchy was furious because the Queen had created or revived an office which she said lessened the importance and dignity of the one she held, and after much fuss and disturbance she resigned her appointment. All the Noailles took her part and went over to the opposition. Although the riches, power, and prestige of that family were undiminished, they were not nearly so much the favourites of the present royal family as they had been of Louis XIV. and Louis XV., which was natural, as they were so much mixed up with the ultra-Liberals, whose ranks had been joined by so many of their nearest relations.

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ONE:They were not long left in peace. War was declared with France, and all refugees were ordered to retire inland for greater security. TWO:The whole affair was an exact specimen of the mingled extravagance, folly, vice, and weakness which were leading to the terrible retribution so swiftly approaching.

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