Memoirs of Madame Du Barri Volume 4 - Jeanne Becu Du Barry, Paperback

• Release Date   9/13/2013
• ISBN-13   9781230091457 | 978-1-230-09145-7
• ISBN   1230091459 | 1-230-09145-9
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   Jeanne Becu Du Barry
• This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...was beating out at the forge. The brother was further instructed to make Justine the frequent subject of conversation between himself and a fellow-workman, who was to praise her beauty and virtues while he sighed in the style of a desponding lover who had been rejected by her, and this could easily be done in the presence of the King, as his kindness and condescension permitted the workmen to converse without any restraint during his visits to the forge. Now that Lebel could no longer furnish materials for an intrigue, you must confess that a more deeply laid one than this could scarcely have been devised. and while the unsuspecting monarch listened unconsciously to the praises bestowed on Justine, he little dreamed how he was falling into the snare so cunningly spread for him. One day, while a long discussion was going on between the Gascon and his friend respecting the charms and obduracy of Justine, a gentle tap was heard at the door. "Bless me! " cried one of them, opening it, and starting back with well-feigned surprise, "here is Mademoiselle Justine." At this name, which had so long been rendered familiar to his ears, Louis XVI. turned hastily round, and saw a lovely, blushing girl, who, at the sight of a stranger, curtseyed timidly, and was about to retire, when her brother, catching her hand, prayed permission to retire with her for a few minutes that he might not disturb His Majesty. "Stay where you are," answered the King, "and let me be no hindrance to your conversation." So saying, Louis XVI. resumed his work over a piece of iron he was busily fashioning, while Justine, having glided into a nook of the workshop, conversed in a low tone for a few minutes, when, with a modest...