Moriaz, the second to pass one's life near this queen, who, arbitrary and capricious though she might be, was most thoughtful of the happiness of her subjects, and to be able to say: "It was I that hatched the egg whence arose this phoenix; I did something for this marvel; I taught her English and music." She had boundless admiration for her queen, amounting actually to idolatry.

The English profess that their sovereigns can do nothing amiss: "The king can do no wrong." Mlle.

Moiseney was convinced that Mlle.

Moriaz could neither do wrong nor make mistakes about anything.

She saw everything with her eyes, espoused her likes and her dislikes, her sentiments, her opinions, her rights, and her wrongs; she lived, as it were, a reflected existence.