favourite authors of, 15 feelings for Belgium of, 2 Ferdinand of Bulgaria and, 118-120, 126-130 flight from Silesia of, 238-240 flight with Count Mattachich of, 179 Heinrich Heine and, 94 hereditary qualities of, 9, 12, 13, 14 ideals of, 11 in asylum at Lindenhof and Purkesdorf, 186 _et seq._ incident on wedding night of, 60, 61 infancy of, 18, 21 King Leopold and marriage of, 100 King Leopold's fortune and, 32 lawsuit of, concerning the King's fortune, 211 _et seq._ _Le Journal_ and, 195 life in asylums of, 150, 173, 174, 182, 183, 184, 185 _et seq._ marriage of, 3, 34, 59 meeting of Empress Elizabeth and, 94, 95 misfortunes of, 1, 4 mother's influence on, 22, 23, 26, 37, 139 mother's letters to, at Lindenhof, 191 M. Stimmer's assistance to, 242, 243 on motor-cars, 44 on Shakespeare, 15, 16 on the theatre, 16 "peculiarities" and "weaknesses" of, 171 predominant quality of, 8 presentation to Emperor Francis Joseph of, 84 Princess Clémentine of Coburg and, 46, 47 Queen Marie Amélie and, 47 Queen Victoria and, 165 _et seq._ receives 5,000,000 francs under King's will, 223 relations with son of, 79, 80 religion and, 139, 140 renunciation of rights signed by, 234 restoration of Belgian nationality to, 41, 42 return to Austria of, 242 "sacrifice" to Belgium of, 246 sufferings during the war of, 231 _et seq._ taken to Bad-Elster, 199 takes refuge with Count Mattachich at Countess Keglevich's château, 180, 184 Vienna scandals and, 89-92 visit to Duke Ernest of, 160, 161 visit to Rosenau of, 161 visit to Sofia of, 126 _et seq._ visit to Spa of, 23 war experiences at Munich of, 41, 232 _et seq._ Louise, Queen of Belgium, 52 Luitpold, Prince, Regent of Bavaria, 154 Lutheranism, Princess Louise on, 139-140, 152 Marguerite, Princess, of Thurn and Taxis, 159 Marie, Duchess, of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 161 Marie, Princess, of Saxe-Coburg (Queen of Rumania), beauty of, 161 Marie Amélie, Queen, 47 Marie Dorothée of Habsburg, marriage with Duke Philip of Orleans, 72, 73 Marie Louise of Parma, flight to Vienna of, 124, 125 marriage of, with Ferdinand of Bulgaria, 124 return to Sofia of, 126 Marriage, disillusionment of, 3, 60, 61, 67 Marriage, reflections on, 177