[Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette Queen Of France by Madame Campan]@TWC D-Link bookMemoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette Queen Of France CHAPTER XIII 4/24
When I go hence I shall throw myself into the river." "Rise, Boehmer," said the Queen, in a tone sufficiently severe to recall him to himself; "I do not like these rhapsodies; honest men have no occasion to fall on their knees to make their requests.
If you were to destroy yourself I should regret you as a madman in whom I had taken an interest, but I should not be in any way responsible for that misfortune. Not only have I never ordered the article which causes your present despair, but whenever you have talked to me about fine collections of jewels I have told you that I should not add four diamonds to those which I already possessed.
I told you myself that I declined taking the necklace; the King wished to give it to me, but I refused him also; never mention it to me again.
Divide it and try to sell it piecemeal, and do not drown yourself.
I am very angry with you for acting this scene of despair in my presence and before this child.
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