Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Volume 6

Project Gutenberg's Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Volume 6, by Lewis GoldsmithThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Volume 6 Being Secret Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman inLondonAuthor: Lewis GoldsmithRelease Date: December 4, 2004 [EBook #3897]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COURT OF ST. CLOUD ***Produced by David WidgerMEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ST. CLOUDBeing Secret Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in LondonBy Lewis GoldsmithVolume 6LETTER X.PARIS, September, 1805.My LORD:—I was lately invited to a tea-party by one of our rich upstarts, who, from a scavenger, is, by the Revolution andby Bonaparte, transformed into a Legislator, Commander of the Legion of Honour, and possessor of wealth amounting toeighteen millions of livres. In this house I saw for the first time the famous Madame Chevalier, the mistress, and theindirect cause of the untimely end, of the unfortunate Paul the First. She is very short, fat, and coarse. I do not knowwhether prejudice, from what I have heard of her vile, greedy, and immoral character, influenced my feelings, but sheappeared to me a most artful, vain, and disagreeable woman. She looked to be about thirty-six ...