HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
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accompanies the operation necessary for the cure of that disorder, insisted that it 
should be performed at Paris. 
“ They accordingly sold their habitation, and embarked on the first vessel that 
sailed for France. On their arrival at Paris, D’Auband was attended by the most 
skilful surgeons; and till his cure was completed, his wife never quitted him for a 
moment, nor suffered any other person to perform the tender offices which were ne¬ 
cessary in his situation: she waited upon him throughout his illness with the most 
watchful and patient affection. On his recovery, D’Auband, in order to secure to 
her the little fortune which he possessed, solicited from the East India Company an 
employment in the Isle of Bourbon, where he was appointed Major. 
“ While he was engaged in soliciting this business, his wife sometimes went to 
' take the air with her daughter, in the gardens of the Thuilleries. One day as she 
was sitting upon a bench, and talking with her daughter in German, that she might not 
be understood by those who were near her, Marshal de Saxe passed by, and hearing 
two ladies speak his own tongue, stopped to look at them. The mother lifting up 
her eyes and recollecting the Marshal, instantly threw them to the ground; when he, 
still more attracted by her embarrassment, suddenly exclaimed,—“ Is it possible, 
Madam!”—She did not, however, permit him to finish the sentence, but rising 
from the seat, begged him to accompany her to a more retired part of the garden, 
where she acknowledged herself, and, after having requested his entire secrecy, 
invited him to see her at her own habitation, when she would inform him of every 
thing which concerned her. 
K On the following day Marshal de Saxe paid her a visit, and heard the recital of her 
adventures, as well as the share which the Countess of Konismarck, his mother, had 
in them. She conjured him, at the same time, not to reveal any thing respecting 
her to the King, till a negociation which her husband was agitating was concluded, 
and which would be completed in three months. The Marshal solemnly promised 
to comply with her request, and paid his visits to her and her husband in the most 
secret manner. 
The three months being almost expired, the Marshal, on calling to see her, 
was informed, that she and her husband had quitted Paris two days before, and that 
M. D’Auband had been named to a Majority in the Isle of Bourbon. 
“ On this information, the Marshal went immediately to Versailles, to give an 
account to the King of every thing that related to the Princess ; when his Majesty 
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