Chapter XII

Miss Burney at Norbury Park—Execution of the French King— 293-314
Madame de Staël and Talleyrand at Mickleham—Miss Burney’s
Impressions of M. d’Arblay—Proposed Marriage—Visit to
Chesington—The Marriage takes place—A Happy Match—The
General as Gardener—Madame d’Arblay resumes her Pen—Birth
of a Son—‘Edwy and Elgiva’—Acquittal of Warren Hastings—
Publishing Plans—The Subscription List—Publication of
‘Camilla’—Visit of the Author to Windsor—Interview with
the King and Queen—A Compliment from their Majesties—The
Royal Family on the Terrace—Princess Elizabeth—Great Sale
of ‘Camilla’—Criticisms on the Work—Declension of Madame
d’Arblay’s Style—Camilla Cottage—Wedded Happiness—Madame
d’Arblay’s Comedy of ‘Love and Fashion’ withdrawn—Death of
Mrs. Phillips—Straitened Circumstances—The d’Arblays go to
France—Popularity of Bonaparte—Reception at the Tuileries
and Review—War between England and France—Disappointments—
Life at Passy—Difficulty of Correspondence—Madame
d’Arblay’s Desire to return to England—Sails from Dunkirk

CHAPTER XIII.

Madame d’Arblay’s Plans for her Son—Landing in England— 315-331
Arrival at Chelsea—Saddening Change in Dr. Burney—
Alexander d’Arblay at Cambridge—Publication of the
‘Wanderer’—Death of Dr. Burney—Madame d’Arblay presented
to Louis XVIII.—M. d’Arblay appointed to the Corps de
Gardes du Roi—Arrives in England and carries Madame back
to France—Madame d’Arblay presented to the Duchesse
d’Angoulême—The Hundred Days—Panic at Brussels—M. d’Arblay
invalided—Settles in England—His Death—Remaining Days of
Madame d’Arblay—Visit from Sir Walter Scott—The Memoirs of
Dr. Burney—Tributes to their value—Death of Alexander
d’Arblay—Death of Madame d’Arblay—Conclusion

Fanny Burney and her Friends.

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