CHAPTER II

Paris, April 17, 1837--A Dinner-Party--The Princess Helena--The Ministry--The Review--London Gossip--The Abbé Dupanloup--Marriage Preparations--Fontainebleau--The King in Paris--English Politics--Duchesse d'Orléans--Appointments--At Valençay--Queen Victoria--The Pantheon--M. de Salvandy--Private Theatricals--At Rochecotte--Champchevrier--Retrospect. 81