Descendants of the Stuarts

OP THE STUARTS. 175
I had often played with.* After gazing for a
long time at his mother, without knowing who she
was, I went back to see if I could find any one who
would tell me her name. Seeing only the Prince of
Orange, I accosted him thus, ' Pray can you tell me
who is that woman with so tremendous a nose ?'
13.6 laughed, and answered, 'That is my mother,
the princess royal.' f I was quite stupefied. That
I might compose myself. Mademoiselle Hyde | took
me with the prince into the princess's bedchamber,
where we played all sorts of games. I had told
them to call me when the queen was ready to go,
and we were rolling on a Turkey carpet when I was
summoned ; I arose in great haste and ran into the
hall, but the queen was already in the antechamber.
Without losing a moment, I seized the robe of the
princess royal, and making her a curtsey at the
same moment, placed myself directly before her, and
followed the queen step by step into her carriage ;
everybody was laughing at me, but I had no idea
what it was for. When we returned home, the
queen sought out my aunt, and seating herself upon
the bed, burst into a loud laugh. ' Lisette,' said she,
' has made a delightful visit ;' and then she re-
counted all I had done, which made the Electress
laugh even more than her mother. She called me
* William III. of England.
t The Princess of Orange, nee Princess Eoyal, was so proud of her
original title, that she retained it even after her marriage with the
Prince of Orange.
First wife of James II.