Life of Count Rumford. 645 



That lady had made a visit to England in 1817, and 

 had returned to Paris in September, in company with 

 Sir Charles. Lady Davy had invited her to partake of 

 her hospitalities, but Madame preferred to have more 

 freedom. 



Another subject on which Sir Charles found it neces- 

 sary continually to prompt the Countess administer- 

 ing sharp rebukes for her dilatoriness and carelessness 

 was her disregard of order and courtesy in neglecting, 

 at the right time, the steps requisite for the regular 

 transmission of her pension from Bavaria. She did not 

 attend properly to the obtaining periodically the cer- 

 tificate that she v/as living, so that the representatives of 

 Bavaria in England and France might follow the rule 

 in the case. The ambassador in London, M. PfefFel, 

 needed to exercise some forbearance with her. 



The Countess was under the impression that Madame 

 de Rumford did not much desire to have her come to 

 Paris, as her presence and the relation between them 

 might possibly be embarrassing to the widow of her 

 father. But it would seem that the latter lady was con- 

 siderate and reasonably friendly. After her return from 

 the visit to England just mentioned, Sir Charles writes 

 to the Countess, from Paris, September 22, 1817 : 



"Madame de Rumford is in excellent health. She desires 

 me to give you her compliments, and to tell you that she will 

 write at the same time as your god-daughter, Sarah [Aichner]. 

 She has placed the latter with a milliner, that by learning a 

 trade she may have the means of rendering herself independent. 

 Whenever you were mentioned she [iMadame] spoke of you 

 with some interest, and even expressed a wish, that, if I should 

 establish myself at the Baths of Tivoli [a hotel in Paris] this 

 winter, you might be there too. And she gave stronger hints 

 than I ever heard from her before, that she greatly disapproved 



