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igtear.��tonurseas����there pauline had a son, and to her great joy he and the children she afterwards had lived to grow up. the farm mme. de tess�� wished for was called wittmold, and lay at the other side of the lake upon a plain covered with pasture and ponds, as far as the eye could reach. the house stood on a promontory jutting out into the lake, and was surrounded by fields, apple trees, and pine woods. they crossed the lake in boats, and established themselves there. they could live almost entirely upon the produce of the place, for there was plenty of game, plenty of fish in the lake: the dairy farm paid extremely well, the pasture produced rich, delicious milk; they had a hundred and twenty cows, and made enormous quantities of butter, which they sold at hamburg. it was pleasant enough in the summer, but in winter the lake was frozen, the roads covered with snow, and the cold wind from the baltic raved round the house. however, they were thankful for the shelter of a home that most of their friends would have envied, and they lived peacefully there for four years, during which pauline organised and carried on a great work of charity which, with the assistance of one or two influential friends, soon spread all over europe. it was a kind of society with branches in different countries, to collect subscriptions for the relief of the french exiles, and it involved an enormous amount of letter-writing, for, if the subscriptions poured into wittmold, so did letters of entreaty, appealing for help. but pauline was indefatigable not only in allotting the different sums of money, [255] but in finding employment, placing young girls as governesses, selling drawings and needlework, &c.��hwoman,and��hadbought��hesigni������ildren.sh��mountof��ousworksofar��beginningoft��
������at last they went away, but in a few moments two of them whose appearance was different from the rest returned and said����at the time of the marriage of the young m. and mme. d��ayen, the princesse ad��la?de had to some extent, though never entirely, succeeded the princesse henriette in the king��s affection, and was now supposed to be his favourite daughter. she had, however, none of her elder sister��s charm, gentleness, or beauty; being rather plain, with a voice like that of a man. she had a strong, decided character, and more brains than her younger sisters, victoire, sophie, and louise; she was fond of study, especially of music, italian, and mathematics.����at the time of the marriage of the young m. and mme. d��ayen, the princesse ad��la?de had to some extent, though never entirely, succeeded the princesse henriette in the king��s affection, and was now supposed to be his favourite daughter. she had, however, none of her elder sister��s charm, gentleness, or beauty; being rather plain, with a voice like that of a man. she had a strong, decided character, and more brains than her younger sisters, victoire, sophie, and louise; she was fond of study, especially of music, italian, and mathematics.����
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