I confide to the keeping of Monsieur Grelet my three children,--my two boys, and my girl. I declare that it is my most positive and express desire, in case I should come to want, that he should have charge of them. I give over to him all my rights and authority over them. I implore him to be a mother to them, and under no circumstances to allow any one to separate them from him. I authorize him to remove them from one place to another as may seem best to him,--in short, to treat my children as if they were his own. I am sure that all who care for me will most sacredly regard this my desire. Written in the prison of the Luxembourg, this 24th Messidor, year II. of the French Republic, one and indivisible. (Signed) LOUISE NOAILLES, wife of NOAILLES. _Letter of the Same to the Same._ I send you, my dear friend, a short will which I am told will be valid; I keep a copy of it in my pocket. Make the best use you can of it as well as that of my mother, communicating it to the proper persons when the time comes. God has sustained and will sustain me; I have the strongest faith in Him. Farewell, my dear friend; I shall feel grateful to you even in Heaven. Be sure of this. Farewell, Alexis, Alfred, Euphémie. Love God all your lives; cling to Him always. Pray for your father and live for his happiness. Remember your mother, and that her dearest wish for you was that you should be the children of God. I give you all my last blessing. I hope to find you again in the bosom of your Father. I shall not forget our friends, and I hope they will not forget me. The note enclosed is for Louis. (So she called her husband.) Put it with the one you already have. (Signed) L. NOAILLES. _Louise Noailles to her Husband._