ABSTRACT

Enviable position of Pauline—Her luxury and extravagance—Her treatment of her husband—Pauline and Marie Louise—Magnificent fête given by the princess to their Majesties at Neuilly—Unfavourable impression which this lavish expenditure makes upon the Parisians—The fête is repeated for their benefit—Pauline accompanies her mother to Aix-la-Chapelle and Spa—MM. de Canouville and de Septeuil—Unfortunate consequences to the former of loving the princess too much, and to the latter of not loving her enough.