The Dauphin was dressed plainly, like a sailor; there was nothing to distinguish him from other children in external appearance but the cross of Saint Louis, the blue ribbon, and the Order of the Fleece, decorations that are the distinctive signs of his rank.

The Duchesse Jules de Polignac, his governess, scarcely ever left him for a single instant: she gave up all the Court excursions and amusements in order to devote her whole attention to him.

The Prince always manifested a great regard for M.de Bourset, his valet de chambre.

During the illness of which he died, he one day asked for a pair of scissors; that gentleman reminded him that they were forbidden.

The child insisted mildly, and they were obliged to yield to him.