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The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

CHAPTER IV
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Then comes mass.

If the king is at Versailles, I go to mass with him, my husband, and my aunts; if he is not there, I go alone with the dauphin, but always at the same hour.

After mass we two dine by ourselves in the presence of all the world; but dinner is over by half-past one, as we both eat very fast.
From the dinner-table I go to the dauphin's apartments, and if he has business, I return to my own rooms, where I read, write, or work; for I am making a waistcoat for the king, which gets on but slowly, though, I trust, with God's grace, it will be finished before many years are over.
At three o'clock I go again to visit my aunts, and the king comes to them at the same hour.

At four the abbe[4] comes to me, and at five I have every day either my harpsichord-master or my singing-master till six.

At half-past six I go almost every day to my aunts, except when I go out walking.


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