Meanwhile,  the  first  days  of  the  honeymoon
were  being  spent  at  Terni,  in  the  palace  of  Count
Spada,  whose  family  had  long  been  attached  to
the  Stuarts.  The  ladies  of  the  house  were
delighted  with  Louise,  though  they  remarked
that,  despite  her  youth  and  freshness,  she  wore
rouge.  Reaching  Rome,  the  pair  made  an  entry
in  something  like  royal  pomp.  Charles  officially
notified  the  arrival  of  "  the  King  and  Queen  of
England  "  !  His  brother,  the  Cardinal,  paid  the
Princess  a  long  visit,  and  presented  her  with  a
rich  snuff-box  (ladies  took  snuff  in  those  days)
set  in  diamonds,  containing  a  draft  for  40,000
crowns.  But  the  position  at  Rome  proved  equiv-
ocal and  embarrassing,  and  the  couple  moved
first  to  Leghorn,  then  to  Sienna,  and  finally,  in
1774,  established  themselves  permanently  at
Florence.
It  was  not  long  before  the  domestic  trouble
began.  Charles'  health  became  worse  :  more  and
more  he  was  indulging  in  the  "  nasty  bottle  "  ;
his  appetite  failed  ;  symptoms  of  dropsy  appeared.
