a princess of the family entered, the service went directly from the first woman to the princess of the blood, the lady of honour being excused from transferring to any but princesses of the royal family.  Nothing was presented directly to the Queen; her handkerchief or her gloves were placed upon a long salver of gold or silver gilt, which was placed as a piece of furniture of ceremony upon a side-table, and was called a gantiere.  The first woman presented to her in this manner all that she asked for, unless the tirewoman, the lady of honour, or a princess were present, and then the gradation pointed out in the instance of the glass of water was always observed.

Whether the Queen breakfasted in bed or up, those entitled to the petites entrees were equally admitted; this privilege belonged of right to her chief physician, chief surgeon, physician in ordinary, reader, closet secretary, the King’s four first valets de chambre and their reversioners, and the King’s chief physicians and surgeons.  There were frequently from ten to twelve persons at this first entree.  The lady of honour or the superintendent, if present, placed the breakfast equipage upon the bed; the Princesse de Lamballe frequently performed that office.

As soon as the Queen rose, the wardrobe woman was admitted to take away the pillows and prepare the bed to be made by some of the valets de chambre.  She undrew the curtains, and the bed was not generally made until the Queen was gone to mass.  Generally, excepting at St. Cloud, where the Queen bathed in an apartment below her own, a slipper bath was rolled into her room, and her bathers brought everything that was necessary for the bath.  The Queen bathed in a large gown of English flannel buttoned down to the bottom; its sleeves throughout, as well as the collar, were lined with linen.  When she came out of the bath the first woman held up a cloth to conceal her entirely from the sight of her women, and then threw it over her shoulders.  The bathers wrapped her in it and dried her completely.  She then put on a long and wide open chemise, entirely trimmed with lace, and afterwards a white taffety bed-gown.  The wardrobe woman warmed the bed; the slippers were of dimity, trimmed with lace.  Thus dressed, the Queen went to bed again, and the bathers and servants of the chamber took away the bathing apparatus.  The Queen, replaced in bed, took a book or her tapestry work.  On her bathing mornings she breakfasted in the bath.  The tray was placed on the cover of the bath.  These minute details are given here only to do justice to the Queen’s scrupulous modesty.  Her temperance was equally remarkable; she breakfasted on coffee or chocolate; at dinner ate nothing but white meat, drank water only, and supped on broth, a wing of a fowl, and small biscuits, which she soaked in a glass of water.