Accordingly, Madame left Paris for Dieppe the 7th of August, 1826.  The morrow of her arrival, she assisted at the inauguration of a new playhouse that had been built within six months.  The mayor presented the Princess with some keys, artistically worked—­the keys to her loge and to her salon.  The prologue of the opening piece, entitled La Poste Royale, was filled with delicate allusions and compliments.  The 17th of August, there was a performance offered by Madame to the sailors and soldiers of the garrison.  From his place in the parterre a subordinate of the 64th regiment of the line sang, in honor of the Princess, some couplets expressing the sentiments of his comrades.

The 19th, there was a visit to the ruins of the Chateau of Arques, immortalized by the victory of Henry IV.  An agreeable surprise for Madame was a comedy for the occasion improvised by the actors of the Vaudeville.  When the Princess presents herself before the Chateau, a little peasant girl at first refuses her admittance.  She has received orders, she says, from her father and mother to open to no one, no matter whom.  But the air Vive Henri IV. is heard, and straightway both doors are opened wide to the Princess.  An old concierge and his wife sing piquant verses about their first refusal to open to her.  From here Madame is guided by the little peasant girl to the entrance of an ancient garden, where she perceives the whole troupe in the costume of gardeners and garden girls.  She is offered bouquets and escorted to a dairy at the extremity of the ruins.  The band of the guard plays for her her favorite air, Charmante Gabrielle.  A young milk-maid—­the pretty actress Jenny Colon—­offers her a cup of milk and sings couplets that please her greatly.  Then comes the husband of the dairy-maid and recounts to the grand-daughter of Henry IV. the victory won by her ancestor over the Duke of Mayenne.  A little later, Madame is conducted to the foot of an ancient tower, whence there is a view of immense extent.  Here she is arrested by the songs of an ancient minstrel, whose voice is accompanied by mysterious music hidden in the hollows of the ruins.

Going from surprise to surprise, the Princess trav erses a long arch of verdure where she reads on escutcheons the dates dear to her heart.  At the end of this long avenue, she again finds the entire troupe of the Vaudeville, who re-escort her to the gates of Chateau, singing a general chorus of farewell, amid cries of “Long live the King!  Long live Madame!” the effect of which is doubled by repeated salutes of artillery.

Some days later, the 7th of September, the Duchess of Berry learned, during the day, that a frightful tempest threatened to engulf a great number of fishing-boats which were coming toward port.  Instantly she countermanded a ball that she was to give that evening.  She proceeded in all haste to the point whence aid could be given to these unfortunates.  Clinging to a little post on the jetty, which the waves covered from all sides, she directed and encouraged the rescue.  The Dieppe correspondence of the Moniteur said:—­