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Identifier: lifeintuileriesu00bick (find matches)
Title: Life in the Tuileries under the second empire
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Bicknell, Anna L
Subjects: Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 France -- Court and courtiers
Publisher: New York : The Century co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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able disposition of the Prince — His efforts to earn money for the poor — General Frossards military dis-cipline—Anecdotes — The honor of the uniform — ThePrince takes the measles — Seriously ill — Nursed by the Em-press with the greatest maternal devotion. THE little Prince was now growing ont of baby-hood, and was really a most amiable and in-teresting child, although surrounded by adulationand obsequiousness to a degree which would haveruined most children. Happily his English nurse,Miss Shaw, whom he dearly loved, treated him withEnglish good sense, and had an excellent influenceover him. Others were also to be found who didnot consider that they were bound to worship theEmperors heir. On one occasion he childishly failed in due de-corum toward the Due de Tascher, who took himsharply to task, pointing out in very plain termsthe superiority of a man of his age and positionover a gamin like himself. The child was im-meDsely astonished, but fully understood the les- 144
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THE IRINCI- IMPERIAL FHOM A PHOTOGRAPH DV LADREY-DISDEHI. UNDER THE SECOND EMPIRE 145 son. The little Prince was spoiled to excess byhis father; his mother naturally wished to coun-terbalance the latters over-indulgence, but she wasnot always judicious in her energetic interference.One instance may be quoted among many. Thevery first time that the little Prince was seated ona pony as a mere baby of three years old, theequerry, M. Bachon, was carefully holding him, andleading the pony step by step, when suddenly theEmpress came up, indignantly declaring that shewould not have such absurd petting, concludingwith a cut of her whip to the pony, who startedoff. Bachon, terrified, uttered an energetic exple-tive, succeeded in stopping the pony, and broughtback the child unhurt; but he was too angry toremember official decorum, and expressed his feel-ings with an amount of vigor very unusual incourts, while the English nurse indulged in morerespectful lamentations: Oh! your Majesty! Youshoul

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