Curiosities & wonders > Tales of the castle, or, Stories of instruction and delight

RECIPROCAL GRATITUDE.
When James II. of England, was obliged to
i abandon his kingdom, and take refuge in France,
| Madame Fitz-James was one of those who fol¬
lowed him.
Ever since the death of her husband she had
subsisted by selling her plate, and part of her
| furniture, till she had no longer any resource.
Her love of solitude, her piety, and ill health,
had always prevented her mixing much with
the world; and still less than ever since the
death of her husband. She found herself then
without support, without friends, without hope;
stript of every thing, plunged into a state of
frightful misery; and that the measure of her
woes might be full, she was fifty years of age,
and her constitution was feeble and infirm.
In this her day of distress, she had recourse
to him who best could grant her consolation
and relief; who soonest could change the seve¬
rity of her destiny; who most certainly could