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874 MADAME RECAMIER.
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than for themselves that they trembled . She was warned ,, but In vainand henceforth the morning ' s note , and the afternoon ' s visit
from , Chateaubriand were the ' most important events of her day . M . Recamier ' s affairs became again involvedand in 1819 Madame
Recamier ( after having uselessly sacrificed part , of the fortune she inherited fromher mother ) once more renounced the gaieties of
she society was and destined est , ablishe to d hers the elf last in a quiet of tranquil her life . retreat Her , father in which his passyears
old friend M . Simonard , and M . Recamier resided in the neighbor , - hoodand she herself took , a small apartment on the third floor , in
the Convent , of the Abbaye au Bois . Her existence was henceforth still more independent than it had ever been _; andwithout failing
, in any kindness or any duty to the three aged men , her domestic life was now freed from any external bondand the care of her niece /
, satisfied and the dail her y heart visits . of We her friends ive the were account the home of her ties new which abode filled in and the g
words of Chateaubriand himself : " The "Bedroom was furnished with a bookcasea harpa pianoa portrait of Madame de Stael ,
and a view of Coppet , hy , moonli , ght . When , quite out of breath from having climbed three flights of stairs , I entered the cellule at
evening , I was enchanted : the windows looked on the garden of the Abbayeand in the green space nuns were walking and
schoolgirls playing , . The top of an acacia-tree reached the level of our eyes ; pointed spires stood against the sky , and in the distance
were the hills of Sevres . The setting sun shining in at the open windows lit up the picture . Birds were perched on the raised
blinds . " Here dwelt Madame Recamier , and , except a rare visit to the play ,
she was no longer seen again at any Parisian amusement . And yetnever did she take a more active interest in political events
than , at this timeand her influence , though quiet and unobtrusive , was exerted almost , daily for the service and advancement of her
friends . But all she did and all she thought of , was so entirely for the welfare of othersthat we should lose sight of herself did we
trace the events which , absorbed her during the next few years . M . de Chateaubriand went as ambassador to Berlin for a few
months in 1821 , and to England in the same capacity in the following year . He left England to attend the Congress at Verona , a mission
Montmorency he ardently desired , as Minister and with of some Forei _difficulty gn Affairs obtained , also . attended Matthieu the de
Congress , and each wrote to Madame Recamier his complaints and discontent at the conduct of the other . Her office between them was to pacify , to explain , and to suffer , and she fulfilled it with
admiror able Without even patience alluding entering and to sweetness the into political the . ministerial events in intri which gues they of the ori year ginated 1822 , it ,
suffices to note the two facts which principally concerned Madame
Recamier . On the 2 _£ th of December , the Due . Matthieu de Mont-
874 Madame Recamier.
874 MADAME RECAMIER .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1861, page 374, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021861/page/14/
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