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leave Marly, where the King then was, on the 13th, sleep at
m the Palais Royal that night and repose herself there all the

next day and night, that on the 15th she should set out for
; Petit-Bourg, where the King was to halt for the night, and

! arrive like him, on the 16th, at Fontainebleau, the whole journey

; to be by the river. M. le Due de Berry had permission to ac-

I company his wife; but during the two nights they were to rest

in Paris the King angrily forbade them to go anywhere, even
to the opera, although that building joined the Palais Royal,
and M. d'Orleans' box could be reached without going out of
the palace.

On the 14th the King, under pretence of inquiry after them,
repeated this prohibition to M. le Due de Berry and Madame
his wife, and also to M. d'Orleans and Madame d'0rl<§ans, who
had been included in ib. He carried his caution so far as to
enjoin Madame de Saint-Simon to see that Madame la Duchess©
de Berry obeyed the instructions she had received. As maybe
believed, his orders were punctually obeyed. Madame de Saint-*
Simon could not refuse to remain and sleep in the Palais Eoyal,
where the apartment of the queen-mother was given to her.
All the while the party were shut up there was a good deal of
gaming in order to console M. le Due de Berry for his confine-
ment.

The provost of the merchants had orders to prepare boats for
the trip to JFontainebleau. He had so little time that they
were ill chosen. Madame la Duchesse de Berry embarked,
however, on the 15th, and arrived, with fever, at ten o'clock at
night at Petit-Bourg, where the King appeared rejoiced by
an obedience so exact.

On the morrow the journey recommenced. In passing
Melun, the boat of Madame la Duchesse de Berry struck
against the bridge, was nearly capsized, and almost swamped,
so that they were all in great danger. They got off, however,
•with fear and a delay. Disembarking in great disorder at
Valvin, where their equipages were waiting for them, they
arrived at Fontainebleau two hours after midnight. The King,
pleased beyond measure, went the next morning to see Madame.