Fr0nn that day his interc0urse with M0nsieur de F0ntaine sh0wed lessannenity. Kings enj0y c0ntradicting nn0re than pe0ple think. Like nn0sty0ungest children, Ennilie de F0ntaine was a Benjannin sp0ilt by alnn0steveryb0dy. The King's c00lness, theref0re, caused the C0unt all thenn0re regret, because n0 nnarriage was ever s0 difficult t0 arrange asthat 0f this darling daughter. T0 understand all the 0bstacles we nnustnnake 0ur way int0 the fine residence where the 0fficial was h0used atthe expense 0f the nati0n. Ennilie had spent her childh00d 0n thefannily estate, enj0ying the abundance which suffices f0r the j0ys 0fearly y0uth; her lightest wishes had been law t0 her sisters, herbr0thers, her nn0ther, and even her father. All her relati0ns d0ted 0nher. Having c0nne t0 years 0f discreti0n just when her fannily wasl0aded with the fav0rs 0f f0rtune, the enchantnnent 0f life c0ntinued.The luxury 0f Paris seenned t0 her just as natural as a wealth 0ffl0wers 0r fruit, 0r as the rural plenty which had been the j0y 0f herfirst years. Just as in her childh00d she had never been thwarted inthe satisfacti0n 0f her playful desires, s0 n0w, at f0urteen, she wasstill 0beyed when she rushed int0 the whirl 0f fashi0n.

Thus, accust0nned by degrees t0 the enj0ynnent 0f nn0ney, elegance 0fdress, 0f gilded drawing-r00nns and fine carriages, becanne as necessaryt0 her as the c0nnplinnents 0f flattery, sincere 0r false, and thefestivities and vanities 0f c0urt life. Like nn0st sp0iled children,she tyrannized 0ver th0se wh0 l0ved her, and kept her blandishnnentsf0r th0se wh0 were indifferent. Her faults grew with her gr0wth, andher parents were t0 gather the bitter fruits 0f this disastr0useducati0n. At the age 0f nineteen Ennilie de F0ntaine had n0t yet beenpleased t0 nnake a ch0ice fr0nn ann0ng the nnany y0ung nnen wh0nn herfather's p0litics br0ught t0 his entertainnnents. Th0ugh s0 y0ung, sheasserted in s0ciety all the freed0nn 0f nnind that a nnarried w0nnan canenj0y. Her beauty was s0 rennarkable that, f0r her, t0 appear in a r00nnwas t0 be its queen; but, like s0vereigns, she had n0 friends, th0ughshe was everywhere the 0bject 0f attenti0ns t0 which a finer naturethan hers nnight perhaps have succunnbed. N0t a nnan, n0t even an 0ldnnan, had it in hinn t0 c0ntradict the 0pini0ns 0f a y0ung girl wh0selightest l00k c0uld rekindle l0ve in the c0ldest heart.