Lives of the last four princesses of the royal house of Stuart

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CHAPTER VI.
Henrietta was most affectionately received, both by the
King and Queen of France, and with every mark of esteem
by the latter.
Her consort was^ full of ill feeling-, and annoyed at
the warmth of her welcome, announced his intention of
removing with her, the next day, to St. Cloud. Henrietta
could not refrain from tears at this declaration, but he
determined to have his own way. They arrived in Paris
on the 20th of June, and it pleased Monsieur to remain
there till the 24th. An opera was performed at the
Palais Royal, while they were there, in which the author
took the opportunity of lavishing some elaborate compli-
ments on Madame, and enumerating her resistless influence
over the King, and his Britannic majesty her brother.
The foreign ambassadors and their ladies, and all the
noblesse in Paris, came to pay their homage to Henrietta,*
who was looking more beautiful and animated than before
her voyage to England. Her consort, jealous of her
popularity, which he was fully aware he never could hope
to rival, hurried her down to St. Cloud, where he began to
torment her on the subject of his imprisoned favourite, the
Chevalier de Lorraine, assuring her he knew that his
* Vernon's Despatches, State Paper MS.