Descendants of the Stuarts

OP THE STUARTS. 241
a numerous family, consisting of a son and six
daughters. Two of her grand-daughters, the Prin-
cesses Adelaide and Charlotte, constantly resided
with her ; though they evinced no more love
for her society, than she did for theirs. They
liked her, however, better than their mother, and
tliis seems to have contented her : it was their
resemblance to the hated family of Mortemart
which annoyed her, by reminding her of her son's
ignominious marriage. With her eldest grand-
daughter, the Duchess of Berry, she was never on
good terms, for her licentious manners but ill ac-
corded with Madame's correct notions.* Her next
grand-daughter, Adelaide, greatly in opposition to
her wishes, entered a convent. She selected that of
Chelles, where she made her profession as sister
Bathilda. The Baroness d'Oberkirch says she was
induced to take this step by some disappointment in
a love intrigue, and that she was enamoured of a
handsome footman, t Madame earnestly, though
ineffectually, endeavoured to dissuade her from it.
It is curious to find her even terming Adelaide's
vocation, "a diabolical project;" proof sufficient,
if any were needed, of the little respect in which she
held her adopted religion. The Princess Adelaide
was the most beautiful of her grand-daughters, and
* The eldest daughter of the Regent, Mary Louisa, had espoused the
Due de Berri, youngest grandson of Louis Quatorze. Madame was
delighted at the marriage, as it brought her grand-daughter within the
pale of legitimate royalty.
f Memoirs of the Baroness d'Oberkirch.
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