de Maupeou."
FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM MME. DU BARRY
TO THE DUC DE BRISSAC.
(photograph of original handwritten note omitted)
TRANSLATION
Heavens! my dear friend, how sad are the days
when I am deprived of the happiness of passing the time
with you, and with what joy do I watch for the moment
which will bring you to me. I shall not go to Paris
to-day, because the person I was going to see is
coming Thursday. As you will be going away, I shall
visit the barracks instead, for I believe you approve
of the object. Adieu. I await you with impatience,
with a heart wholly yours, which, in spite of your
injustice, could never belong to any other, even
if I had the wish. I think of you and that word of
yours which you will surely regret; and still another
regret is that I am deprived of you. That is the
watchword of each instant.
THE COUNTESS Du Barry
At Louvecienne, Noon.
Madame de Valentinois came to me with tears in her eyes to repeat
the cruel remark of the princess; the marechale de Mirepoix,
who heard her, sought to console her by assurances, that it would
in no degree affect her interest at court. "Never mind, my good
friend," said she; "the pretty bird merely warbles the notes it
learns from its keeper la Vauguyon, and will as quickly forget as
learn them. Nevertheless, the king owes you recompense for the
vexation it has occasioned you.
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