was addicted, was grave, methodical, and dull.

Madame Adelaide, the eldest of the Princesses, lived secluded in the interior of her apartments; Madame Sophie was haughty; Madame Louise a devotee.
Mademoiselle Genet never quitted the Princesses' apartments; but she attached herself most particularly to Madame Victoire.

This Princess had possessed beauty; her countenance bore an expression of benevolence, and her conversation was kind, free, and unaffected.

The young reader excited in her that feeling which a woman in years, of an affectionate disposition, readily extends to young people who are growing up in her sight, and who possess some useful talents.

Whole days were passed in reading to the Princess, as she sat at work in her apartment.