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88 FEIJCIE DE FAUVEAir.
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of , when the revolution of 1830 upset this > calm and noble existence _,, and ended her career in Paris .
To Mademoiselle de Fauveau , -with her extreme opinions , the revolution of 1830 was a personal calamity in every sense of the
word . With the elder branch of the Bourbons , she considered that all the lory and greatness of France perished . Even to many of
its former _g partisans , that revolution has been shorn of its splendors , and it now wears something of the character of a job . It upheld
principles which are now as foreign to democrats , as they were then odious to the ultra-royalists . The times were evil and out of joint for
Mademoiselle de Fauveau , she abhorred Paris , which had overthrown * what she considered a legitimateto set up a pseudo royaltyand
she longed with all the concentration , and single mindedness of , her character for an opportunity of leaving it . It soon offered itself .
Among other noble and distinguished persons who were proud of their acquaintance with this gifted woman , were the Duras family .
The married daughter , who was her namesake , and who also bore the beloved but fatal name of La Roche Jacquelein , sympathisedas .
, invited may be Mademoiselle supposed , most de Fauveau entirely with to leave her Paris opinions and and to feelings . She heraccompany
, on a visit to her estates in La Vendee . During this visit , which was at first considered as a mere healthy relaxation from , severe
labor and absorbing study , riding , shooting , and hunting took the more place serious of designing , modelling was contemp , and lated casting and . a But loftier after end a proposed while , a
and Mademoiselle purpose de Fauveau found , herself in the thick of a , political conspiracy . A regular chouannerie' was organised , and ,
our poetical artist distinguished herself by her spirit , energy , and determination . Ta this daythe peasantry in that part of France
, , Invariably speak of her as * lademoiselle ? But the authorities at last took umbrage ,, and a domiciliary visit
was made to the chateau . The two ladies , warned in time , escaped , and took refuge in a neihbouring farm house . But arms and
munition were found , compromising g letters and treasonable symbols , detected . Orders were given to pursue and arrest the fugitives .,
The farm house was searched high and low in vain , the peasants , were questionedbut their fidelity was unimpeachable ; unfortunately
howeversome faint , sounds were heard behind an oven , the grated door was , removedand the two rebelswho had so nearly defeated
the search of their , pursuers , were discovered , and arrested ., They were sent under strong escort to Angers .
At the first stage they stopped at an inn . The captives were conducted to a room up stairs , the door locked , and their guards
descended to the kitchen to refresh themselves . Presently a maidservant was sent to receive their orders for supper .. In an instant
Madame de la Hoche up Jacquelein made herself understood by this , woman . As soon as the supper was brought up and the door closed ,
Madame de la Boche Jacquelein proposed and , effected an exchange
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1858, page 88, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101858/page/16/
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