They travelled under the titles of the Comte and Comtesse du Nord.

They were presented on the 20th of May, 1782.

The Queen received them with grace and dignity.
On the day of their arrival at Versailles they dined in private with the King and Queen.
The plain, unassuming appearance of Paul I.pleased Louis XVI.

He spoke to him with more confidence and cheerfulness than he had spoken to Joseph II.

The Comtesse du Nord was not at first so successful with the Queen.
This lady was of a fine height, very fat for her age, with all the German stiffness, well informed, and perhaps displaying her acquirements with rather too much confidence.