murmurs of all who considered themselves wronged by their exclusion from her friendship at Trianon to realise bitterly what had alienated the aristocracy from her, beyond, apparently, hope of recall.
Too worn and sad to pursue such painful thoughts, it was a relief to let the vision of her favourite home float before her mind's eye and to remember the loyalty of her Trianon servants, such as Antoine Richard, jardinier en chef, who had succeeded to the post so long held by his father Claude Richard.[1] How loyally they had carried out her wishes, and, under the direction of her architect Mique,[2] had altered their much loved nursery gardens into a fashionable "jardin anglais"! It had been delightful planning that garden and altering the arrangements and decorations of the house and grounds with her own rare good taste, until
- ↑ Claude Richard was appointed jardinier en chef at Trianon in 1750. He was the intimate friend of Linnæus, who called him "the cleverest gardener in Europe." He was the son of François Richard who followed James II. from Windsor to St. Germains. The son, Antoine Richard, became jardinier-botaniste-adjoint at Trianon, 1765, jardinier en chef, 1784-1805, and died 1807.
- ↑ Guillotined 1794.
