[1] Mercy to Maria Teresa, June 18th, 1780, Arneth iii., p. 440.
[2] Le tabouret. See St. Simon.
[3] See infra, the queen's letter to Madame de Tourzel, date July 25th, 1789.
[4] "Souvenirs de Quarante Ans," by Mademoiselle de Tourzel, p. 20.
[5] "Filia dolorosa."-Chateaubriand.
[6] Napoleon, in 1814, called her the only man of her f