[20] "Tall and admirably shaped," said Lord Peterborough, in describing her to his royal master when negotiating the marriage in 1673. She was then fourteen. In 1688 Mademoiselle Do Montpensier thought her "_une grande créature mélancolique_." Lady Cavendish (_née_ Rachel Russell), writing to a friend, describes Mary II. as "tall, but not so tall as the last Queen" (Maria Beatrice). [21] "_Fort maigre_"--Mdlle. De Montpensier. [22] "Face the most graceful oval."--Lord Peterborough. [23] "Complexion of the last degree of fairness."--Lord Peterborough. "Complexion clear, but somewhat pale."--Mad. De Sévigné. "_Assez jaune_."--Mdlle. De Montpensier. [24] "Mouth too large for perfect beauty, but her lips pouting, and teeth lovely."--Mad. De Sévigné. [25] "Hair black as jet; eyebrows and eyes black, but the latter so full of light and sweetness, that they did dazzle and charm too."--Lord Peterborough. "Her eyes are always tearful, but large, and very dark and beautiful."--Mad. De Sévigné. Some of her portraits give her very dark brown hair and eyes. [26] Mrs. Barrett Browning's "Aurora Leigh." [27] Francis Atterbury, second son of the Rev. Lewis Atterbury and Elizabeth Giffard his wife: born 1662; consecrated Bishop of Rochester, July 5, 1713; was deprived for treason, May 16, 1723, and died in exile at Paris, February 15, 1732. At this period he was Dean of Carlisle. [28] Frances, eldest daughter of Richard Jennings, and sister of Sarah Duchess of Marlborough, celebrated at the Court of Charles II. as La Belle Jennings: married Richard Talbot, Duke of Tyrconnel; died at Dublin, March 7, 1730. [29] The Duke of Maryborough corresponded with the royal exiles, especially towards the close of Queen Anne's reign, and appears sometimes to have held out hopes to them which it is doubtful whether he ever intended to fulfil. [30] James said this to Mr. Spence about a dozen years later. [31] Louise Marie Thérèse, born at St. Germains, June 28, 1692; died at the same place, after a few days' illness, of small-pox, a disease very fatal to the House of Stuart, April 18, 1712. [32] Katherine Laura, buried October 5, 1675; Isabella, buried March 1681; Charles, buried December 1677; and Charlotte Maria, buried October 1682. [33] Luke vii. 12. [34] Rom. iv. 15. [35] Apostle-spoons were spoons whose handles were carved into figures of the Apostles. Twelve went to a set. [36] Rev. xxi. 12. [37] John x. 7. [38] Ibid. 1. [39] Matt. xii. 34. [40] 1 John v. 12 [41] Deut. xxxii. 47. [42] Rev. xxii. 12. IX. INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. "But sure he is the Prince of the world; let his nobility remain in his Court. I am for the house with the narrow gate, which I take to be too little for pomp to enter: some, that humble themselves, may; but the many will be too chill and tender; and they'll be for the flowery way, that leads to the broad gate and the great fire." --SHAKSPEARE, "_All's Well that Ends Well_," Act iv. Scene 5.