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Excerpt from The Life of Queen Henrietta Maria, Vol. 2
The outburst has, in its magniloquence, no resemblance to Henrietta's modes of expression, and it fails to strike the reader as genuine. There is nothing of a similar character to be found in the letters she addressed to the King, and It IS fair to conclude that other anxieties had, for the time, taken precedence of care for her children.
It was near Brest that Henrietta's landing in France had been effected; and before proceeding further she sent messengers to Paris to announce her arrival to her sister-in - law, the queen-regent, and to beg that physicians should be despatched to meet her.
Anne of Austria was wanting neither in generosity nor kindness. The forlorn condition of the fugitive may well have appealed to her compassion, and she sent not only the doctors Henrietta desired, but two special envoys, to greet the involuntary guest and supply her needs. For the sake of her father Henrietta was dear to the French people, and crowds added their spontaneous welcome to that of the Regent's deputies. I have been everywhere received, the Queen wrote to Charles.
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