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Show tilt: siYpCTriSuuS 't. Audxo tho fatal, results io .which the extravogiint matli for; jc els. of that day led, may bo. quoted the: case of Madam ?iquct, vhoso.bfdai bouquet1 coat her life ns well aa.her fottutie. s,Carlief, a .boot selfcr Id the reign;of Louis XYLt left ait his death to.cacit.pf his childrenbn'e,a girl of fifteen, the, other n Captain: !n the Guards tt'sum. of B0O.O0O frntic,' then an enprtnous .fortune., 'Kile Carlicr, ybu'np, handsome and wealthy; iad mH tncrpus snltorsj otic: of these-, tt'rM. Tiquet, a Councillor of ihtt- Parliament, sent her on ticr(ilayii bSuqnet; Jftvrhfijlt he pnllxes of ilie fosejs 'Were " of lofge:'d?a-monds; lofge:'d?a-monds; The' ngnificetice -of this' 'gift gave. o-goodnn' opinion of thokcalth't tiisjCjtind.li.bcrAlilj'pf the; donor Iha't -.thq lady gave Win. the prcfeKhee,"ver..all his compclltijr"?.' Rut, sad was Hie disappoint-tn'enttha.t disappoint-tn'enttha.t followed ihc,'brl' -Thethus-; blind was rather odr. thatriph.-atjd ,the fboiiipiet thntH.had cbt V45,000 franc 1 1$ I;tJ0Qy had bei't'ii bdURht'on" crsditand ttU!i.pIdfbnt of tho bridcV rd'rtuuV The rcvelation'of tlib deceit prhctitcd iinon her' i .tViishot'likcfy tqriiMure,ddmostte pend the lady, ir.drepvcri foiiml that iosteaaof living lit ihe sfyle-shc. had ..expected, 4he would have tO.UimiuUit.hcr'OWii expendi-' i ttirc io provide for her husband's." She ppu Solicited atidebtutucd i eparation, and the.nsc of tier owtt fortune, Thu hnsbaiid retaliated by bringing a cllarge of uhditq Intimacy between hiswife aud M, -Mpngeorije, n-captain in-tlie gnard- ami obtained from the -King, l lrUttkwhft, toct-nfincjierln n convent, VTiftithmntety for his plans, he, could not forbenf triumphing over his victim by exhibiting ex-hibiting to her the fatal order. " The lady sprang forward , iiiittched it. from him, nud .threw It lnto the fire! Here wos nu: end to; his vengeancbi Furewfirned' ,ls fore-drmed. fore-drmed. The other stdo had probably . i p.irtisaps in' power, ahd when lie ' epf icitcd a second (tlt'ctlfathel, it wns refuied. During these IIttlo bickcrlngs tho loving cotintu, continued to reside under the same root) but iii separate apartments. This .sliVfe Of thing's wag finally brought to a iclimax ina tragical inaiiticd M.Tiqnct one tiight received- five Ktab, of whtch, imwever,. lie did not ch,oo?c to dii pcob-nbly pcob-nbly to spftv his wrfi The ainsin was 1 tirrcstetil and confessed llmtlie had- tccn ' ittttigfttqd to thq deid by Madame Tiquet. Thq wifq wn beheaded! The servant, 1 who had -beep the tool of her ireogcaueo,' yrjieg,. |