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house, not far from Paris. I went with Madame 

 de la Place, and we set out early, to be in time for 

 breakfast. The road lay through the Forest of 

 Vincennes. The Baron's park, which was close to 

 the village of Petit-Brie, was very large, and richly 

 wooded ; there were gardens, hot-houses, and all 

 the luxuries of an English nobleman's residence. 

 The house was handsome, with a magnificent library; 

 I remarked on the table the last numbers of the 

 " Edinburgh " and " Quarterly " Reviews. Both 

 the Baron and his niece were simple and kind. 

 I was greatly taken with both ; the Baron had all 

 the quiet elegance of the old school, and his niece 

 had great learning and the manners of a woman of 

 fashion. She lived in perfect retirement, having 

 suffered much in the time of the Revolution. 

 They had both eventful lives ; for Baron Louis, who 

 had been in orders, and Talleyrand officiated at the 

 Champs de Mars when Louis the Sixteenth took 

 the oath to maintain the constitution. Field- 

 Marshal Macdonald, Due de Tarante, and his son- 

 in-law, the Due de Massa ; Admiral de Rigny, 

 Minister of Marine ; M. Barthe, Garde dcs Sceaux ; 

 and the Bouvards, father and son, formed the party. 

 After spending a, most delightful and interesting 

 day, we drove to Paris in bright moonlight. 



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