Show talleyrand AND THE COUNTRY WOMAN in 1993 M de talleyrand was in boston one day while crossing cros the mar marbet marlet get ket place was compelled to stop by a long row of gons all loaded with vegetables the courtier generally so dead to emotion could but look with a kind of 0 pleasure plea sute sure at wagons and the littre wag oeners who by bye were young and pretty country women sd suddenly denly the cleg cles came to a stand and the eyes of ril rii de talleyrand Till eyrand chanced to rest upon one ot of the youns souni women who appeared more lovely and ana graceful graci grack ful fui than the others an exclamation of surprise escaped from inars hla hia lips it attracted the attention DE of the fair wagoner whose country dress and large hat daily n visits sits to the mark market et As she the astonished talleyrand whom she recognized immediately she burst out laughing what is it youa she she che exclaimed yes indeed it is I 1 L but you what are you ji 1 22 said sald sai rai the woman ihm 1 Ibm I am waiting for my turn to pasa pass on I 1 lam iam in going to sill sell in my r gi giecus beens and vegetables at the market at that morvent the wagons began to move along a lin imn 0 ash she e of the straw hat bat applied the whip to her tier horse told ude M de talleyrand the dame name of the village where she was living requested him earnestly to come and see h her r and then disappeared leaving him as riveted to the s spot brot ot byrbe by the strange apparition who was this young market woman no xo other than madame la ia contesse Com tesse de la ia tour du pin mademoiselle de dillon the most elegant of the ladies of the court of lou loit s XVI kirg of france and wh e moral and intellectual worth had shone bhone with withro so dazzling a lesture in the society of her numerous friends and admirers at the time when the french nobility y emigrated she was young lovley toiley endowed with the most remarkable tilen tg s and like all the ladies who held a rank at the court bad only had time to attend to such duties as belonged to her highly fashio rab nab e anit anil courtly life let any one fancy the suffering and ago y of that thai woman Homan jorn orn in the lap of wealth ah abid who had breathed nothing but perfumes under the gilded ceilings of bf the rolaf palace at versailles Ver yer saine saiHe when vii III all ali at onee once ble le found herself surrounded with blood and massa massacres cres creg and saw aw every kind ot of danger dinger besetting her young and beloved husband and her infant child they succeeded in flying from Fr france arAce it was their good fortune to escape from the bloody land where and his bis associates were busy at the ot 0 death aa in those those times of terror the children abandoned with joy j oy the parental roof for no hiding place was secure against the vigilant 11 eye odthe monsters who thirsted f for or innocent blood the fugitives jandel in america and first went to boston where they found fould a retreat but what a change for the petted young 1 an and fashionable lady spoiled fi tiam io in infamy cy by loud and continuous praises of her beauty and talents along de la a tour da dil pin was wab extravagantly fond of his wife at the court of france le had hanscen hads Been een cen her with the proud eye ofa of a husband the object of general admiration Inde indeed edher ber her conduct had always been virtuous and exemplary in the extreme but now in a foreign land and among unsophisticated fe republicans do 1793 1793 what was the use of courtly refinements happy as he was in seeing her escape from 1 all the lorils he be dreaded on oil her own acco account urbi still he could not buk but bu deplore the future lot of the wife of his bis bosom however 1 mih wih I h the prudent foresight of a good father and a kind hubband husband he nerved himself against despair and exerted hlin blin himself self seid to render under their condition less leis 7 miserable bie ble than that of the many emigrants who were starving when the little money they hlf i d brought over with them had bad been eapen ded not a word of english did he know P but his wife spoke it fluently and admirably well they boarded at mrs 11 ul lers a good natured notable woman who on ever every occasion evinced the greatest respect and admiration for her fair boarder vet yet at de ia latour tour du pin pih was in constant dread lest the conversation of that good plain and well meaning woman in might abt be the cause dause of great anui to his lady arat what a contrast to the society of such a gentleman as al de Nor bonlie AI lri de tie talleyrand arid and the high minded ard polished nobility of france whenever he be was thinking of this transition particularly when absent fron from his wife and tilling the gardin garden of the cottage 1 e they were gogg to inhabit he fe felt it such pangs and ani heart beart heartthrob binga es 29 to make him apprehensive on his return to biri mra aluc leib leils to meet the looks of his fild beloved beloved wife whom he expected to see bathed in tears meanwhile the good hostess would give tim lim eim i a hearty heary sha tha shake ke of the hand and him bin harpy happy hu hua bandl bandi happy husbands hus bandl at last came the da day when the fugitive family left the boarding house ouse of mrs muller to go 90 and inhabit their little cottage where they were to beat beai be at least exempt from want ant with an only arvant servant a nero a kind of jack of all trades gardener footman and coo cook this last function hi de la ia tour L au pin dreaded most of all to sebe sefe him undertake it was almost dinner tinie time the poor em grant lgrant went into his garden to gather some fruit and tarried as long as possible on his re turn home his wife wag waa absent looking for her he entered the kitchen and lind saw a young country woman who with her back to ille the door was kne kneading adin done donl donaher b her arms of snowy were bare the el cows M de ia a tour du pin started the young woman turn round it wab wag his bis beio belo beloved wife who had exchanged her muslin and glik silk for a country dress not aa as for a fancy ball but to play the part of a real farmers wife at the eight of her husband her cheeks crimsoned crim and ald a nd she joined her hands in a supplicating mail mall mancer manner ner per fiobo ohl my love baid eaid she do not laugh laub lau lauh b at me m e I 1 am as expert as mrs muller too full of 0 emotion to speak he clasped her to his big bosom and kisses her fervently from his inquiries he learns that when he be thought her given up to despair she had employed her itne line ellore more usefully for their future happi nes she had taken lessons from diri mrs muller anpher anther ani and her servants and affel afeei six months had become bel bei torne forne skillful skill pul ful in the culinary cull cuil imry art arti arty a tho thorough r 0 ug house keepers d sc her an gelle aelic nature and adm rable fortitude for de dearest arest ci continued she if you only i knew how easy it is 7 3 in a moment understand what it would take a country woman women sometimes a year to learn now we shall be happy you will no longer be afraid of ennui forme nor I 1 of doubts about my abilities oe of which I 1 will give you many proofs she added looking at him with a bewitching smile come come you promised us a salad and alid I 1 am going 0 to o bake for tomorrow to morrow the oven ia is bot today to day the bread of the own town will do but ohi ohl henceforth leave it to me from frons that moment madame de la a tour dupin kept ke t her bordi word she ibe insisted on going herself to to fell seli her vegetables and cream cheeses it was wag on such an art errand to town ahat that af ds de talleyrand lat la cat tnt t her the day after he went to pay her a visit and found her in the poultry yard surrounded by a host of hungry chickens chic kens and pigeons she was all ali atrat she promised to be besides her health had hid been so much benefited that she seemed less fatigued by the hruse work Vork jhan than if sire bire bad attended the balls balis of the winter her beauty which had been remarkable in the gorgeous palaces of versailles was dazzil op id ird her cottage ip the new world AT lie he talleyrand saidah sald said so to hr ber b her er indeed 12 replied she bhe with ind indeed e eel ell do abir think so iane lane I 1 am delighted deligh tid to hear bear it A woman is always and everywhere proud of her personal personal attraction at that moment nt the black servant bolted into in the d abiog room holding in his hand hig bis jacket with a coif lorg rent in the aback whack baak Is missus hilj ceet tore please mend him bim 21 e dla dicely dia ely took a needle repacked repaired Ked gillians jacket and continued the conversation with a cha charming i aming simplicity this little littie adventure adv iture left a deep impression Ini on the mind of M de talleyrand who 1 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