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be    furthered   by   the   marriage    was    realized。   She     was   received    as  La 

Baronne de Feucheres at the Court of Louis XVIII。                   She was happyup 

to   a   point。  Some   unpretty   traits   in   her   character   began   to   develop�此  �a 

violent temper�察�a tendency to hysterics if crossed�察�and�察�it is said�察�a leaning 

towards      avaricious    ways。     At    the   end   of   four   years   the   Baron     de 

Feucheres woke up to the fact that Sophie was deceiving him。                   It does not 

appear�察�however�察�that he had seen through her main deception�察�because it 

was Sophie herself�察�we are told�察�who informed him he was a foolthat she 

was not the Prince's daughter�察�but his mistress。 

     Having waked up thus belatedly�察�or having been woken up by Sophie 

in her ungoverned ill´temper�察�de Feucheres acted with considerable dignity。 

He   begged   to   resign   his   position   as   aide   to   the   Prince�察  �and   returned   his 

wife's   dowry。      The   departure   of   Sophie's   hitherto   complacent   husband 

rather  embarrassed   the  Prince。        He  needed   Sophie  but   felt   he  could   not 

keep her unattached under his roof and he sent her awaybut only for a 

few days。      Sophie soon was back again in Chantilly。 

     The   Prince   made   some   attempt   to   get   de   Feucheres   to   return�察  �but 

without success。        De Feucheres applied for a post in the Army of Spain�察�

an   application   which   was   granted   at   once。    It   took   the   poor   man   seven 

years to secure a judicial separation from his wife。 

     The scandal of this change in the menage of Chantilly it happened in 

1822reached   the   ears   of   the   King�察  �and   the   Baronne   de   Feucheres   was 



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forbidden to   appear   at   Court。        All   Sophie's   energies   from  then   on   were 

concentrated       on   getting    the   ban   removed。       She    explored     all  possible 

avenues   of   influence   to   this   end�察  �and�察  �incidentally   drove   her   old   lover 

nearly  frantic   with   her   complaints   giving   him  no   peace。         Even   a   rebuff 

from   the   Duchesse   de   Berry�察  �widow   of   the   son   of   that   prince   who   was 

afterwards Charles X�察�did not put her off。                 She turned up one day at the 

Tuileries�察�to be informed by an usher that she could not be admitted。 

     This desire to be reinstated in royal favour is at the back of all Sophie's 

subsequent actionsthis and her intention of feathering her own nest out 

of the estate of her protector。          It explains why she worked so hard to have 

the Prince de Conde assume friendly relations with a family whose very 

name he hated�此�that of the Duc d'Orleans。                  It is a clue to the mysterious 

death�察  �eight   years   later�察  �of   the   Prince   de   Conde�察  �last   of   the   Condes�察  �in 

circumstances         which     were    made     to   pass    as   suicide�察   �but   which     in 

unhampered inquiry  would   almost   certainly  have   been   found to   indicate 

murder。 



     �ァ�III 

     Louis´Henri´Joseph�察�Duc de Bourbon and Prince de Conde�察�seems to 

have been rather a simple old man�此�a useless old sinner�察�true enough�察�but 

relatively harmless in his sinning�察�relatively venial in his uselessness。                      It 

were futile to seek for the morality of a later age in a man of his day and 

rank   and   country�察  �just   as   it   were   obtuse   to   look   for   greatness   in   one   so 

much   at   the    mercy   of   circumstance。        As     far   as   bravery   went   he   had 

shown       himself     a  worthy      descendant      of   ``the   Great     Conde。''      But�察�

surrounded   by   the   vapid   jealousies   of   the   most   useless   people   who   had 

ever tried to rule a country�察�he�察�no more than his father�察�had the faintest 

chance   to   show   the   Conde   quality   in   war。        Adrift   as   a   comparatively 

young   man�察 �his   world   about   his   ears�察 �with   no  occupation�察 �small   wonder 

that    in  idleness    he   fell  into   the  pursuit    of  satisfactions     for  his   baser 

appetites。      He would have been�察�there is good reason to believe�察�a happy 

man   and   a   busy   one   in   a   camp。    There   is   this   to   be   said   for   him�此  �that 

alone     among      the  spineless     crowd     of  royalists    feebly    waiting    for   the 

miracle   which   would   restore   their privilege   he   attempted   a   blow   for   the 



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lost cause。     But where in all that bed of disintegrating chalk was the flint 

from which he might have evoked a spark�拭�

     The great grief of the Prince's life was the loss of his son�察�the young 

Duc   d'Enghien�察  �shamefully   destroyed   by   Bonaparte。         It   is   possible   that 

much of the Prince's inertia was due to this blow。             He had married�察�at the 

early age of fourteen�察�Louise´Marie´Therese´Mathilde d'Orleans�察�daughter 

of Louis´Philippe�察�Duc d'Orleans and the Duchesse de Chartres�察�the bride 

being six years older than her husband。            Such a marriage could not last。 

It merely sustained the honeymoon and the birth of that only son。                    The 

couple were apart in eighteen months�察�and after ten years they never even 

saw each other again。         About the time when Sophie's husband found her 

out   and   departed   the   Princesse   died。   The   Prince   was   advised   to   marry 

again�察  �on   the   chance   that   an   heir   might   be   born   to   the   large   fortune   he 

possessed。      But Sophie by then had become a habit with the Princea bad 

oneand the old man was content to be left to his continual hunting�察�and 

not to bother over the fact that he was the last of his ancient line。 

     It may be easily believed that the Prince's disinclination to marry again 

contented Sophie very well。          And the fact that he had no direct heir was 

one in which she saw possibilities advantageous to herself。 

     The Prince was then sixty´six years old。             In the course of nature he 

was almost bound to predecease her。             His wealth was enormous�察�and out 

of it Sophie wanted as much by bequest as she could get。                She was much 

too shrewd�察�however�察�to imagine that�察�even if she did contrive to be made 

his   sole  heir�察 �the  influential   families   who    had   an  eye   upon    the  great 

possessions of the Prince�察�and who through relationship had some right to 

expect     inheritance�察  �would    allow   such    a  will  to  go  uncontested。     She 

therefore looked about among the Prince's connexions for some one who 

would accept coheirship with herself�察�and whose family would be strong 

enough in position to carry through probate on such terms�察�but at the same 

time would be grateful enough to her and venal enough to further her aim 

of being reinstated at Court。        Her choice in this matter shows at once her 

political   cunning�察   �which    would    include   knowledge      of  affairs�察 �and   her 

ability as a judge of character。 

     It should be remembered that�察�in spite of his title of Duc de Bourbon�察�



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Sophie's     elderly   protector    was   only   distantly   of   that  family。    He    was 

descended in direct line from the Princes de Conde�察�whose connexion with 

the royal house of France dated back to the sixteenth century。                  The other 

line of `royal' ducs in the country was that of Orleans�察�offshoot of the royal 

house   through   Philippe�察�son   of   Louis   XIII�察  �and   born   in   1640。    Sophie's 

protector�察  �Louis´Henri´Joseph�察  �Prince   de   Conde�察  �having   married   Louise´ 

Marie�察    �daughter    of   the  great´grandson      of  this   Philippe�察  �was    thus   the 

brother´in´law       of   that   Louis´Philippe�察      �Duc    d'Orleans�察    �who     in   the 

Revolution   was   known   as   ``Egalite。''       This   was   a   man   whom�察  �for   his 

political opinion and for his failure to stand by the King�察�Louis XVI�察�the 

Prince de Conde utterly detested in memory。                As much�察�moreover�察�as he 

had hated the father did the Prince de Conde detest Egalite's son。                   But it 

was out of this man's family that Sophie selected�察�though ultimately�察�her 

coheir。 

     Before she arrived at this point�察�however�察�Sophie had been at pains to 

do some not very savoury manoeuvring。 

     By  a   dancer   at the   Opera�察  �called   Mimi�察  �the   Prince   de   Conde   had   an 

illegitimate daughter�察�whom he had caused to be educated and whom he 

had   married   to   the   Comte   de   Rully。     The   Comtesse   de   Rully   and   her 

husband had a suite at Chantilly。          This was an arrangement which Sophie�察�

as   reigning    Queen     of  Chantilly�察  �did   not  like   at  all。 While     the   Rully 

woman remained at Chantilly Sophie could not think that her sway over 

the Prince was quite as absolute as she wished。                It took her six years of 

badgering her protector�察�from 1819 to 1825�察�to bring about the eviction。 

     But meantime ��for Sophie's machinations must be taken as concurrent 

with events as they transpire�� the Baronne de Feucheres had approached 

the son of Philippe´Egalite�察�suggesting that the last´born of his six children�察�

the Duc d'Aumale�察�should have the Prince de Conde for godfather。                     If she 

could persuade her protector to this the Duc d'Orleans�察�in return�察�was to 

use his   influence   for   h

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