Assessment
Lafayette wrote to M. de La Tour-Maubourg:
There was also a refinement in the way she expressed herself, a loftiness of thought which astonished everyone. But what was admirable above all, was that tenderness of heart which she was constantly showing to her six children, to her sister, to her aunt, to M. de Tessé, she thought she was with them at Memphis, for by a miracle of feeling, her mind was never invariable fixed but where I was concerned.Read more about this topic: Adrienne De La Fayette
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