The Morning herald., 1876-07-31
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,Da nup' to bear upon the charming
sss @ Of Breville in behalf ofmy angus
,,estion was put to Queen Anne 0
nd I' bv Pietro de Gusca, the envoy o
" Vittorio ~ AmedeQ Of Savoy, in tn
D,sboudoir, at Windsor Castle, on tn
Of June, 1902.
u Queen replied with smile:
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confidence in my ability as a match
,uo,st masler," rejoined the envoy
der YOUR majest the ablest lady il
oueen burst into loud laughter.
ou Italians" she said merrily, are tht
srrant llatterers in Europe. If youl
r. e. the Duke, really told YOU that,
believe he meant it. Still l will
esod word for him to the fair .Coun-
Breyille. But I give you fail
no sir envoy, that she is a peculiar
+, She is cold and naughty, and hel
iom cannot be won by mere empty
~, shall see her to-day. You
calf here again at the same hour to-
bw and hear what l have accomplish
envoy of the Duke of Savoy with.
with a deep bow from the Queens
nee.
j Countess Adelgonde of Breville
)ne of the most beautiful and accom-
ed women of her time.
distant relative of the House OF
&c, she had married at the early age
lrleen, the young and brilliant Count
rt GuiIlaume de Breville, whom she
met at the Hague, whittier King
the Fourteenth, Of France, had sent
on diplomatic mission.
heir matrimonial happiness was of
duration.
lring his journey back to Paris, the
flins coach of Count de Breville, who
impruldently failed to take a strong
ii with him, was attacked in the Ar
les by a large gang of robbers. They
auded that he should surrender to
all his valuables, and, upon his in
ant refusal to do so, they murdered
and his servants. Only the life of
koung wife was spared. The villains
her with them to their place of con-
|ment, where .Ley kept her for two
J Tbs, when Ilcr relatives released her
paying he enormous ransom of one
drel thousand liyers.
|he audaeious crime of the robbers SO
Fperated King Louis the Fourteenth,
he sent little army under the daring
Fquis de Corbeaulien to the Ardennes,
stringent orders to capture all the
nbers of the gang, if possible, alive.
l de Corbeaulien was entirely success.
Iiter two weeks search in the noun
s, he found the hiding place of the
bers, and, by threatening to put all of
N to death by the slow and horrible
cess Of smoking out. caused them to
'ender at discretion. There were no
than thirty-seven of them.
y order of the King all of them were
ken on the wheel at Sedan, which since
! has become SO famous in history, in
Y, 1870.
Ter Il her release the young Countess
lived for time with her relatives in
land and in l70l she had become a
OF honor to Queen Anne, her distant
tive.
he Countess at the time of the events
'll we are about to narrate, was twenty
years old. She was magnificent
de, and Peter Paul Rubens could
cAlIshted in painting her portrait.
!, vo!uptuously built, with wealth Of
len hair crowning a beautiful face
Sc charms were still heightened by
yyelously clear complexion, her small
IS ana leet indicated the aristocratic
a That was flowing in her veins.
mere was but one thing to mar her
fwISc matchless beauty. 1t was the
} almost glasial expression of her deep
eyes. Her whole bearing, too, was
5Aly ond freezing.
mere mad been numbers of aristocratic
'rs anxious to win her heart and hand;
'lig had Invariably repelled their very
advances in a manner convincing
Una, their case was hopeless.
ven the King of Denmark had wanted
s u a conssrt for his second son. She
IN rejected the proposal.
nu now came Vittorio Amedeo, Duke
lyoy' the head of a house upon which
sloflous exploits of Prince Eugene Of
y had shea so much lustre.
'c Duke was young and handsome
, ne was beloved by his subjects with
:, 'han n ordinary ardor, because he
g, ca ,hem with a clemency contrasting
FaGcIy with the grinding despotism Of
20 ,ol The other sovereigns of Europe.
VT was an adventurous spirit, too. He
NJ IN lmpassioned hunter an excellent
'lier, and the most daring horseman