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"The features of [Madame Elisabeth] were not regular, but her face
expressed gentle affability, and the freshness of her complexion was
remarkable; altogether, she had the charm of a pretty shepherdess. She
was an angel of goodness. Many a time have I been a witness to her deeds
of charity on behalf of the poor. All the virtues were in her heart:
she was indulgent, modest, compassionate, devoted. In the Revolution she
displayed heroic courage; she was seen going forward to meet the
cannibals who had come to murder the Queen, saying, 'They will mistake
me for her!'"
--the memoirs of Elisabeth Vigée Lebrun
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