No one has any right to
complain. You have given me to the king as a person to please
him; I do so. The rest can be no matter of yours."
"Pardon me, madame; it is a matter of the greatest consequence to
me. I am terribly compromised in this affair, and you with me."
Lebel told me that the duchesse de Grammont had begged him to call
upon her, and had bitterly reproached him about the mistress he had
procured for the king; the duchesse affirmed that I was a nameless
and unmarried creature; and added, that it was his duty to make
the king acquainted with these particulars, unless I, the pretended
wife of du Barry, would consent to go to England when a large
pension should be assured to me.
"No, my dear Lebel, I will not go to England; I will remain in
France, at Versailles, at the chateau. If I am not married I will
be; the thing is easily managed."
Lebel. somewhat assured, begged me to send for comte Jean, and
when he came he (Lebel) recommenced his tale of grief.
"You are drowning yourself in a glass of water," said my future
brother-in-law to him, beginning to treat him with less ceremony;
"go back to the duchesse de Grammont, and tell her that madame
was married at Toulouse. She will have an inquiry set on foot; in
the mean while my brother will arrive, and the marriage will take
place. Then we will show the rebels a real comtesse du Barry;
and whether my sister-in-law be a lady of six months' standing or
only of yesterday, that is of no consequence to the king of France.
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