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been violent. He veNed her soul and
tortured her heart by countless coni1Ga
iniidclltirs. She resented this state OF
affairs with all the yphcmenc4 of an out
ragged wife and Jealous Spauiard. 1t
is said that she once souudly boxed the
ears of the distinguished 1unctionary
who filled in her husblHi's household
/ the past that the infamous I.cbel held
during the latter days OF the life e
. Louis XIV. Twice she fled abruptly
from the court, unable to bear the pres
/ epce OF insolcnt and triumphant rivals.
and the ingenuity of the fashionable
chroniclers Of the day was taxed to in
vent plausible preteXt for her sudden
journeys to the Scottish or the Italian
lakes.
Alphonse Daudot has said in lie Ma
50b that there exists in the life of every
human being Il golden moment, a lu
minous peak, where all OF glory or sue
cess that destiny reserves is granted;
after which comes the descldence and
the descent. This golden moment in
the life of the Empress Eugenie was
the occasion of the first French inter-
national exhibition in 1865. She was
then in the full pride of her woman
/ hood and her lovliness. The creates.
/ lady in Eurone Oneon Victoria ha1
been her onest hal embraced her 40
/ ~, eoual and had oivon her nroofs of
real and sincere friendship. developed
in clouds of princely lace and dia-
monds of more than regal splendor,
she had presided, Ia belle deS bellies,
over the opening of the exhibition in
the Champs Elysces. And. above all,
the event so anxiouslv desired by her
husband and by all the supporters of
his cause was so near at hand. She was
soon to become the mother of the heir
| to the imperial throne. With every
aspiration gratifed. ever with accom-
nlished she did indeed seem in that
wear of grace the most enyiable of hu-
man beings. The later splendors of
the exhibition of 1867 were more anna
rent than reaI. and fine rorreous assem-
blaae Of reigning soyereicns brought
with il for Tuconie n subtle and pre-
mndifotel insult TN, Kiurs and I'm. .
norors who responded to the immortal
invitation and came TO visit tho court
of Nnpoloon III. With ono execution.
tbot 81 thn KING Of the B.loiona left
their wives Mt home Vhpv acted rs
men 10 lrlNDtG HE when they re-
caivo Invitations In - hail oiven NV n
family of doubtful standing with whom
tbov ora unwilling IN uuorrsl
.,o,.o e,o1.on of H., 1.;r,, of ,ho
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4Ior,ra,1 fn,,,o5 fnmn hmn1raj an1
1870. thons ''n 44o1Iorl1 nf .hinI
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i,i,t,, % t,o Con,to 10 par;s al moi
1871 ~, 4tan a,,,,
~ :, me r.o,,araii,. ,oooo7,1 That
.,ta, 49, az fita - tno ;,,,,nT;,s, Nv,
al'ei 0es''' .i'a Ile - = ,,r.a,;a
III l%9' I %"' IN, iro,. ''', ~ NV ~, -
H ir' @l,0 s,,,',n'nnoI 40 Assan,1I,, "a
moet There and called around her the
nortisons Of fine emnirc she might have
saved fine HERITAGE of her son, Eut
morbid broad of following in fine foot
stons If Marie Antonotto had pursed
her She knew that she was unDopu
lar and visions of the fate of the Aus |
trior Ouoon ar Of tbo still more borri- /
blo cnS Of the Prineesse de Lamballe
must have risen before her rs the
shouts of fine Partisan mob. exulting in
the downfall of her husband, met her
ear Tn that bonr Of disaster and woe
mo- FrencLmon, for ali the boosted
rhivoIry Of tbo roco WAS At hand 70 aid
or nrotect thc foir lady who had SO long
ondene,l if At the Tuilorics. The Aus,
trion Ambassador. the Italian Minister. |
.ha cars;oa,, p;ot,;o ,,1annoI onJ MN