TWO:[28]The Comte dArtois did not hesitate to give 1,700 louis for a race horse, or to lose four or five hundred thousand francs in an evening at cards; and the Emperor Joseph II., when under the name of Count von Falkenstein he paid the celebrated visit to France and his sister, wherein he made himself so disagreeable and gave so much offence, was well justified in the contemptuous sarcasm with which he spoke of the squandering of the revenues in racing and gambling.
TWO:TurinParmaThe InfantaFlorenceRome: Delightful life thereArtistic successSocial lifeThe French refugeesThe PolignacAngelica KaufmannAn Italian summerLife at GensanThe Duchesse de Fleury.Que vous les avez prises.
