The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-01

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offered.
The petty chickering's that went on dur
ing the first year of their married life were
attributed by Charles to his wife's Catholic
attendants, and In 1929 he made up his mind
to get rid Of them. A letter dated July /,
in the year named, gives an account OF the
manner in which the business was done.
1t seems that at 8 o'clook on the previous
Monday Charles had gone to Henriettas
apartments at whitehall, where dancing
was going on, and. taking her hand, led
her into his own apartments, locking the
door after him and shutting out all but the
Queen herself. Henrietta was probably
ignorant at first Of what was intended.
Her retinue was soon made acquainted
with the truth. Dealing first with the
clergy attached to the household, Lord
Conway called them out into st. James's
Park, and there told them that 1t was the
Kings pleasure that all her Majesty's
domestios, young and old, should cave
the kingdom. Proceeding next to the
Queens apartments, Lord Conway an
nounced to those who were assembled there
the Kings command that they should be-
take themselves to Somerset House and
await his orders. The scene has often been
OPBCTlD61, lHe HOWIlnB dhu idihChShb
Of the women being ended by the inter-
position of the yeomen OF the guard, who
thrust them out and locked the doors behind
them. Charles's own task had been a
more difficult one. The young Queen
received his explanation with sobs and
tears, and entreaties that some OF her
! friends might remain near her. Then,
Wild with grief, and determined at least to
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against the window panes, shivering the
glass in the endeavor to communicate with
her departing servants.
1t was a painful scene, but the sequel
proved that, if an action can be warranted
by success, Charles was fully justified,
although the dismissal Of his wife's attend
ants had been an ungracious task, and
was undoubtedly a breach Of the marriage
treaty. For a time, indeed, the condition
of the Queen was little better than that
Of a homesick and desolate child, but ulti-
mately she forgave her husband and
they became very much in love with each
other. 1t was not long before Charles
could write to buckingham: Il can not
omit to tell you that my wife and were
never on better terms, she showing herself
80 loving to me by her discretion on all
occasions UDdb IL mdhSS ub ~ "ohoo az
and esteem her, After the ass ssination
of Buckingham the young Queen had no
rival in her husbands heart, though he
mourned for his friend as David mourned
for Jonathan. Thenceforth, until public
calamities made shipwreck Of the royal
fortunes, Henrietta was a happy woman.
It is a curious fact that on All Saints
Day, 1927, the young Queen received q
visit, apparently by appointment, from a
lady deeply skilled In the art OF fortune
telling. The prophecies called into coun-
eel was Lady Eleanor Davys, who had
acquired a high reputation in her line OF
business. On this occasion Henrietta first
inquired whether she would ever have a
son. Being answered to the effect that she
would have one before long, the Queen pro-
oeeded to question her visitor with regard
to the fate of Buckingham and the English
feet under his command, not then returned
from La Rochelle. Lady Eleanor answered
that the Duke would return in safety n
speedily, but with little honor-a predic-
ton verified by the event. The Queen
proceeded to matters moro interesting.
She wanted to know whether she would
be happy, and for how long. The answer
-for sixteen years" may have satisfied her,
for at II sixteen years seems a lifetime.
As it happened, the King entered the room
while Lady Eleanor was there and recalled
to the latter's remembrance a prediction
she had haIarded concerning her first
husbands death three days before 1t had
occurred. Then he put an end to the inter-
view. To Henrietta's ladies Lady Eleanor
impaired further information. The Queens
promised son, she said, would be born,
christened and buried all in one day. The
sinister prophecy seems to have been re-
peated to the Queen, inc probably con-
tributed to its own fulfllment. At any
rate, Henrietta's first child, born on May
10, 1h2n, scarcely survived its birth. Some
little life" being still in the infant at his
birth he was baptized by the Kings chap
lain, though not before an alteration bad
taken place between Charles and the Queens
confessor. That same night the small
coffin was carried In state to Westminster
Abbey.
Though the Queen had to mourn the loss
Of her first child, her good years had begun.
An account of things at court, sent by
Lord Codding Or to Wentworth, some
three months later, proves that all was
going we'll. The Queen" he said, went
to the waters of Tunbridge, with an inten-
ton to nave drunk them long. but she could
not bear the Kings absence: so she is come
suddenly from thence, and, by great journ-
neys, meets with the King this night at
Oaklands, whittier he also returns to pay
her in the same money! More conclusive
still is a letter written in 1880 by Charles,
when, before the birth of the child who
was to become Charles H., he gives his
mother-in-law a description Of the relations
existing between himself and his wife,
Offering thereby a signal contrast to the
Complaints made by Henrietta and in
te- led for the eyes Of Marie de Medicis in
earlier days. He says that -the sole dis
pute now between us is which shall van
auish the other by affection, each deeming
the ictory is gained when the wishes Of
the other are discovered and followed"
There is no reason to believe that the con-
dition Of harmony thus established was
ever seriously interrupted. II the youthful
Charles had hown himself too anxious
at the first to vindicate his authority as
husband, he had exchanged the part for
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