SHE DOMINATED ALL THE LADIES IN HER COURT WITH HER HEAD, LIKE A GREAT OAK TREE IN A FOREST, RISING ABOVE THE TREES THAT SURROUND HER. » ———————————– I EXIST MY BELOVED AND IT IS TO ADORE YOU. ———————————– COUNT D’HÉZÈCQUES WROTE: FOR MADAM, SHE HAS MORE WIT, BUT I WOULDN’T WANT TO CHANGE HER REPUTATION WITH HER. THE COUNTESS WAS GRATINATED, THAT’S FOR SURE. SHE WAS AN ALCOHOLIC, AMONG OTHER THINGS. ———————————– LETTER FROM MERCY TO THE PRINCE OF KAUNITZ DATED 22 FEBRUARY 1789: THE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AND CONDUCT BETWEEN MR. AND MR. COUNT D’ARTOIS REGARDING THE KING’S SERVICE CAUSES A SCHISM AND FORMS PARTIES. THE QUEEN IS SADDENED BY THE MONARCH’S RELUCTANCE TO PUT ORDER INTO IT AND THE PUBLIC’S UNFAIRNESS IN BELIEVING THAT THE QUEEN COULD MAKE UP FOR IT. FOR HER PART, THE LADY GIVES SUBSTANCE TO A LOT OF THINGS. THIS PRINCESS HAS BEEN DRINKING FOR SOME TIME AND THE RESULT HAS BEEN SOME DISGUSTING SCENES. ALL THIS COMBINED DEPRIVES THE QUEEN OF THE RESOURCES SHE COULD FIND IN A WAY TO BE BETTER REGULATED AMONG THE ROYAL FAMILY. THE WELL