She is discursive, even garrulous, and often loses the thread of the story in moral dialogues; but there are tales in the _Veillees du Chateau_ that suggest her own enjoyment of the "delicious life" with her children; and if none of them betray her love of mischief and adventure, it is but a fresh proof that she was acting a part, that she could not move freely under the cloak of the Infallible Parent.
