"We come out in full force to-day, Chevalier," said she, with a
merry glance round the group of lively girls. "A glorious sample of
the famous class of the Louises, are we not?"
"Glorious! superb! incomparable!" the Chevalier replied, as he
inspected them archly through his glass. "But how did you manage to
get out? One Louise at a time is enough to storm the city, but six
of them at once--the Lady Superior is full of mercy to-day."
"Oh! is she? Listen: we should not have got permission to come out
to-day had we not first laid siege to the soft heart of Mere des
Seraphins. She it was who interceded for us, and lo! here we are,
ready for any adventure that may befall errant demoiselles in the
streets of Quebec!"
Well might the fair Louise de Brouague boast of the famous class
of "the Louises," all composed of young ladies of that name,
distinguished for beauty, rank, and fashion in the world of New
France.
Prominent among them at that period was the beautiful, gay Louise de
Brouague. In the full maturity of her charms, as the wife of the
Chevalier de Lery she accompanied her husband to England after the
cession of Canada, and went to Court to pay homage to their new
sovereign, George III.
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