The Memoirs of Maria Stella (Lady Newborough)

The Memoirs of Maria Stella (Lady Newborough)

In Le Matin of March 17, 1913, appeared the following article, with which we will begin the account of some abridged documents. The next day, March 18, the same journal published[11] this other article, which impartiality obliges us to reproduce here To complete this and prove something definite, these two quotations ought to be accompanied by[12] a third which I take from one of the letters given by Le Matin, in which the celebrated Mme. Lafarge ventures to disclose the secret reason for her notorious misfortunes by at last revealing the mystery of her illegitimate origin, which, through the house of Orleans, of which her grandmother was issue, made her a near relation of Louis-Philippe, who during his reign, moved by fear, permitted the trial of this cousin by blood, whom he dared not have acquitted after ten years of imprisonment. The Queen charged the Marchale Grard, writes Marie Cappelle in this painful confession, to tell me that she would make it her business to interest herself in me. She went herself to speak to the Ministers. It was last spring (1848), and the men condemned for the riots at Basanceney had just been executed. The Ministers said that there would be an outcry, that it would get mixed up with politics; that the left-handed relationship that was suspected would be exploited by parties and newspapers. In the month of August there was some hope; but the Praslin affair put a stop to everything. Now, I dont know what has become of the goodwill of our[13] saintly Queen; I dont know if the Marchale (Grard) seriously means to carry out all the provisions of her poor mothers (Mme. de Valence) bequest. I have not written to her. It is painful to me to address prayers to men; I scorn to ask for pardon when I have the right to ask for justice. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 56643
Author: Ungern-Sternberg, Maria Stella Petronilla
Release Date: Feb 25, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Capes, M. Harriet M. (Magdalen Harriet Mary), 1843-1927