Impératrice EUGÉNIE. Éléonore-Hélène Bugeaud,... Lot n° 5

2 L.A.S. and 2 L.A. (most minutes), and 8 L.A.S. addressed to her, 1854-1870; 29 pages in-8, some headings House of the Empress. On her resignation as lady of the Palace. December 1854]. Mrs. Feray wrote to the Princess d'ESSLING, Grand Mistress of the House of the Empress, that having received from her the reproaches of the Empress, she tried in vain to see her, "not to exonerate me but to dispel the cloud that malice has raised between Her Majesty and me"; with sorrow, she resigned... 30 December. The Princess of ESSLING informs Mrs. Feray that the Empress has accepted her resignation but assures her of her benevolence... January 3 [1855]. Colonel [and future general] Émile-Félix FLEURY, the Emperor's aide-de-camp, gives advice to Mme Feray so that her mother, the marshal, can be received by the Emperor to talk about "the comedy that was played to make her daughter lose the Empress' benevolence"... [3 January]. Mrs. Feray gave the Duchess of Bassano, lady-in-waiting, the number of the Empress, which she would have liked to keep as a souvenir.... Saturday [January 6th]. The Duchess of BASSANO replied: "Her Majesty told me that She was very touched by the feelings that made you want to keep this souvenir of Her and that She was going to send you another one that She hoped you would always keep".... - Mme FERAY thanks the Empress for the souvenir given by the First Chamberlain. 8 January. Mme FERAY tells her husband " the end of my history with the Court ", her embarrassment about the number, and her hesitation to accept from Baciocchi the bracelet offered by the Empress. "I replied coldly, "I thank Her Majesty for this remembrance, I would have preferred that she had me say that she believed my word"...". She is exasperated by "that old beast of Essling" and the investigation that is being made of her; "it's an atrocious plot; poor Empress!!!! "But she has just received a consoling visit from General de Montebello, the Emperor's aide-de-camp... Ot