She pleased with an opportunity of injuring me, went to
Paris, and betook herself
to the shop of madame Gaubert.
She found her charming, and spoke of her to the duc de la
Vrilliere, and both agreed to show her portrait to his majesty.
But how to procure this portrait? Her husband was her very shadow,
and never left her. , who was never at a loss,
issued a against him, and the unfortunate man
was shut up in Fort l'Eveque. It was not until the portrait was
finished that he was set at liberty.
He returned to his home without guessing at the motives of his
detention, but he learned that his wife had had her portrait
painted during his absence, and his jealousy was set to work.
Soon a letter from Girard, a fatal letter, which fell into his
hands, convinced him of the injury done him. He took his wife
apart, and, feigning a resignation which he did not feel, "My
love," he said, "I loved thee, I love thee still: I thought, too,
that thou wert content with our competence, and wouldst not have
quitted thine husband for any other in the world: I have been
convinced otherwise. A letter from Girard informs me, that with
thine own consent the king, whom thy portrait has pleased, desires
to see thee this very day. It is a misfortune, but we must
submit. Only before thou art established at Versailles, I should
wish thee to dine with me once more.
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