[Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette Queen Of France by Madame Campan]@TWC D-Link bookMemoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette Queen Of France PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR 13/75
But he too frequently indulged in secret pleasures, which at last were sure to become known.
During several winters, he was passionately fond of 'candles' end balls', as he called those parties amongst the very lowest classes of society.
He got intelligence of the picnics given by the tradesmen, milliners, and sempstresses of Versailles, whither he repaired in a black domino, and masked, accompanied by the captain of his Guards, masked like himself.
His great delight was to go 'en brouette'-- [In a kind of sedan-chair, running on two wheels, and drawn by a chairman.]--Care was always taken to give notice to five or six officers of the King's or Queen's chamber to be there, in order that his Majesty might be surrounded by people on whom he could depend, without finding it troublesome.
Probably the captain of the Guards also took other precautions of this description on his part.
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