CHAPTER IX.

Lord and Lady Stuart de Rothesay--French Politeness--Mr. D---- and Mr. T---- --Study of Shakespeare--Attractions of Mrs. T---- --Lady Charlotte Llndsay and the Misses Berry--Sir William Gell--Mr. and Mrs. Hare--Female Amiability--Shopping--Hints on Female Dress--Brilliancy of French Conversation--Mr. J. Strangways--A severe Trial--The Plague-spot--Miraculous Escape--Dinner given by Comte A. de Maussion--Goethe's Faust--Character of "Margaret"--The witty Mr. M---- --Lord Byron--French Quickness of Apprehension--Sept Heures--Character of Charlotte Corday--Degenerate Taste of the Parisians--Hasty Conclusions, 91.