Five days later, on \u00a0January 25, Eugene came to the Tuilleries to take the oath to the king, which would officially prove his reconciliation with the July regime. He wrote to Father Court\u00e8s.<\/p>\n
\nMy dear Father Court\u00e8s, although Tempier is charged with the duty of passing on my news to those entitled. I don\u2019t want my stay here to be prolonged any further without writing to you directly myself. I have completed the business which dragged me to this capital city. Now I am properly and legally a French prelate. No longer need I fear expulsion from the borders of France, to return no more, at the hands of some moody minister suffering an attack of ill-temper.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
I have been twice to the Palace. In the first audience [the King] had me sit down beside him and kept me for a full three-quarters of an hour. He spoke to me very ably on all the topics he broached and took pains to give me reasons that I wouldn\u2019t have dreamed or dared to ask for. The Queen and Madame Adelaide were also very gracious to me, but the King\u2019s affection during the second audience passed imagination: for ten minutes he held my hands in his, and when I had to leave he again took my hands and told me yet again….<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to Hippolyte Court\u00e8s, 31 January 1836, EO VIII n 558<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Five days later, on \u00a0January 25, Eugene came to the Tuilleries to take the oath to the king, which would officially prove his reconciliation with the July regime. He wrote to Father Court\u00e8s. My dear Father Court\u00e8s, although Tempier is … Continue reading