What interest could the courtiers have in seeking her destruction, which involved that of the King?
Was it not drying up the source of all the advantages they enjoyed, or could hope for ?" [Madame Campan relates the following among many anecdotes illustrative of the Queen's kindness of heart: "A petition was addressed to the Queen by a corporation in the neighbourhood of Paris, praying for the destruction of the game which destroyed their crops.

I was the bearer of this petition to her Majesty, who said, 'I will undertake to have these good people relieved from so great an annoyance.' She gave the document to M.de Vermond in my presence, saying, 'I desire that immediate justice be done to this petition.' An assurance was given that her order should be attended to, but six weeks afterwards a second petition was sent up, for the nuisance had not been abated after all.

If the second petition had reached the Queen, M.de Vermond would have received a sharp reprimand.
She was always so happy when it was in her power to do good." The quick repartee, which was another of the Queen's characteristics, was less likely to promote her popularity.

"M.

Brunier," says Madame Campan, "was physician to the royal children.