Lot n° 185
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400 - 600
EUR
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Result
: 520EUR
CLÉMENTINE, princesse de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha, née princesse d - Lot 185
CLÉMENTINE, princesse de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha, née princesse d'Orléans (1817-1907)
Autograph manuscript, Neuilly July 19-23, 1835, 4 pages in-4°, fragment of the princess's diary, paginated in pencil 13 to 16, text in French, folds, small tears. Attached is a small engraving of the princess at that time.
End of Tuesday 19: Fortunately it was not given, it had been replaced by the Huguenots to which we also returned. I had a great time, and the dinner at Chartres first gave me great pleasure, I love it so much! Then I always find pleasure in hearing the Huguenots music, it's so beautiful, and it's so worth hearing several times. We left in the middle of Act 4 (...). - Wednesday 20: Yesterday I spent a very hectic day: the question of whether or not the revue will take place is a serious and difficult one. My father has sad forebodings. He thinks he's going to be shot at, and even let himself be heard to say to my elder brother that he's afraid he won't have time to tell him everything he wants to say, but as he's the most (...) man I know, he'll go to the review and expose himself to danger calmly and coolly. It seems to me, however, that we shouldn't go against such forebodings. Among the reasons for concern: the Société des Familles is on permanent standby; Marrast and Carmignac have been to Ramsgate, wanting to cross over to France; refugees have gathered in Brussels, and everything points to them preparing something. A review in the midst of all this seems to me to expose us to the greatest danger. You have to weigh up the advantages of a review against the dangers it exposes you to, and compare the two. For me, the advantages are minimal. When the review is over, will we be any further ahead? Will the King be less exposed to assassins? Will public opinion be reassured? No, perhaps we'll only gain a reaction against the foreboding we feel today, which we might find useless after a review that has happily passed. What dangers do we not run, a shot fired at the King anyway (...) How can we know all the National Guards? How can we import all their rifles? As for me, I would fervently like this review not to take place, it worries me a great deal. My Father's forebodings and those of the kings arriving from all sides, the departure of the Royal Prince of Wurtemberg, who had already left Paris before the 28th of last year, all this frightens me greatly. What a sad life, always full of suspicions and fears! My poor older brother is so agitated by all this that I'm really afraid he'll fall ill. I commend myself to God that he will finish everything as well as possible! The ministers themselves are beginning to think that by doing this review, they are taking on too great a responsibility. I didn't go to Paris. - Thursday 21: Yesterday we were still debating whether or not the review should take place. Nothing was decided at last night's council of ministers, but on all sides they're making us believe more and more that we shouldn't do it. There are certainly major drawbacks to the latter course of action. It will set off alarm bells in the départements and abroad, but all that cannot, it seems to me, be weighed against the dangers we expose ourselves to by doing it. We went to the show yesterday evening, to see the ballet Les Diables boiteux. - Friday 22: At last night's council meeting, nothing was decided yet, but all the ministers are worried. It's "positive" that there's been a set-up. What, we don't know. In the last few days, 900 suspicious people have entered Paris in the hotel industry alone. (...) The police reports all speak of plots and attacks. How can we risk a review after all that? Gisquet [Henri (1792-1866), Prefect of Police], however, was still very reassured; but in the evening he came to Thiers [Adolphe (1797-1877), President of the Council], before the council, to tell him that he was arriving in a hurry to retract what he had given in the morning, that he could no longer count on his agents in the Family Society because they were distrusted. He even signed a bill that read: I vouch for my devotion, my zeal and my activity; but I vouch for nothing else. The evening council decided that the review would not take place, but that it would not yet be announced.L..., recommending the review because he was one of those who had most wanted it (...). For me, if the review takes place, the danger seems certain. I made my devotions this morning, I prayed to God as best I could for my salvation, for the improvement of my soul, and for him to grant us his protection, which we alas need more than ever - Saturday 23: We leave Neuilly today; the minis
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