Madame, who had gone to meet her daughter at Osmonville, three leagues from Dieppe, took her in her carriage.  The horses proceeded at a walk, and the people never wearied of admiring the gentle little Princess.  On the morrow, Madame received the homage of the functionaries.  The mayor said to her:  “Your Royal Highness is in a country filled with your ancestors, in a city honored by Henry IV. with special benevolence, which Louis XIV. rewarded for its fidelity by calling it ‘his good city,’ which your august aunt, Madame the Dauphiness, deigned to choose for her return to France, and which received her, triumphant and adored.”

An elegant breakfast service in ivory, with her arms, was presented to Mademoiselle by a group of very young people.  She next received a deputation of the fisherwomen of Du Polet, the faubourg of Dieppe.  They came in their picturesque costumes,—­a skirt falling a little below the knee, men’s buckled shoes, a striped apron of white and red, an enormous head-dress, with broad tabs, and great ear-rings.  They sang couplets expressing a lively attachment to the family of the Bourbons.  In their enthusiasm they asked and obtained leave to kiss the little Princess.

On the 6th of September, there was a fete at the ruins of the Castle of Arques.  From seven in the morning the crowd gathered on the hillside of Saint Etienne, at the edge of the coast between Martin-Eglise and the village of Arques.  It is a magnificent site, which, towering above the valley, is surrounded on all sides by grim hill-slopes, while in the distance is the sea, along the edge of which extends the city of Dieppe, like a majestic dike.  A mimic battle took place in the presence of Madame and her daughter, on the ground where Henry IV. had delivered the famous battle of September 21, 1589.  Numerous strokes on the flags of different colors indicated the lines of the Bearnais, and circumscribed the enceinte occupied by his troops.  An obelisk had been placed at the highest point of this sort of entrenched camp; in the centre was a post tent, under which a rich breakfast had been prepared for the two princesses.  During the repast, both put their names to a subscription to erect a monument commemorating the victory of their ancestor.

The 14th of September, the city offered a ball to Madame and Mademoiselle.  The little Princess danced two quadrilles.  The 15th, she offered lunch to a great number of children of her own age, and afterward went with them to the theatre.  The 18th, at the close of the play, some scenes were represented before Madame, mingled with verses, expressing the regret of the city at the near departure of Madame.  The next day, the Princess and her daughter left Dieppe, between double lines of troops and National Guards.

The journey of the Duchess of Berry in the West, in 1828, prevented her from going that year to Dieppe.  She came in 1829, but it was for the last time.  She arrived the 6th of August, with her daughter.  The next day she danced at a subscription ball given by the city and by the visitors to the baths; the 8th she received a visit from the Dauphiness, who passed three days with her.