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The Court leaves Versailles for La Muette.—Feelings of the New

Sovereigns.—Madame du Barri is sent to a Convent.—Marie Antoinette

writes to Maria Teresa.—The Good Intentions of the New Sovereigns.—

Madame Adelaide has the Small-pox.—Anxieties of Maria Teresa.—

Mischievous Influence of the Aunts.—Position and Influence of the Count

de Mercy.—Louis consults the Queen on Matters of Policy.—Her Prudence.—

She begins to Purify the Court, and to relax the Rules of Etiquette.—Her

Care of her Pages.—The King and she renounce the Gifts of Le Joyeux

Avénement, and La Ceinture de la Reine.—She procures the Pardon of the

Duc de Choiseul.