36. Two days later,fifty-seven carriages lined up outside the royal castle . Antoine hadn't slept all night. Today she would be leaving her family, her home and everything she knew for a new life at the lavish French court.
Outside in the cold spring air, the Empress hugged her daughter tenderly. "Do so much good to the French people," she said, "that they can say I've sent them an angel." Then the stern Empress broke down in tears.