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lady had been long and intimate enough including 

 that severe trial of the disposition, whether of man or 

 woman, the experiences of travel to have made their 

 union a propitious one. 



In view of his marriage, and when he sent to his 

 daughter for the necessary certificates, the Count had 

 written to his mother: "The lady I am to espouse is 

 four years younger than myself, and is of a most ami- 

 able and respectable character." 



The parties had been in treaty for a house in Passy, 

 but upon examination they found the title defective. 

 They then made purchase of one in the midst of a 

 garden of near two acres, in the Rue d'Anjou, and in 

 the finest part of Paris. The price paid for this was 

 six thousand guineas, but very much more was laid out 

 under the Count's directions and orders, for alterations, 

 additions, and improvements. 



Sarah mentions that Captain and Mrs. Barnard of 

 Boston, who had taken charge of her on her voyage to 

 join her father, were in Paris at this time, and went 

 often to see the Count. They brought her from him, 

 on their return, some rich jewelry and lace as presents. 



Many letters, she says, failed to reach her or. account 

 of the casualties of war. Her father's marriage mean- 

 while was delayed, partly, no doubt, by the necessity of 

 obtaining the certificates from America, and partly by 

 another visit to Bavaria, which the Count, it seems, 

 against his will, was constrained to make at the call of 

 the Elector, for his aid in organizing the Academy of 

 Arts and Sciences. The Count felt that this delay 

 might be unfavorable to his prospects, but his sense of 

 obligation to the Elector compelled him to go. He 

 writes as follows from Munich, June 18, 1805: 



