vivelareine:Ah! my heart, you ought not to complain, your pregnancy has brought you great good luck

vivelareine:

Ah! my heart, you ought not to complain, your pregnancy has brought you great good luck in keeping you away from schism and these awful divisions. … I ask no better than to be godmother to your little one. If you like, I will give her the name of Hélène; and if you will be pleased to give birth to her at one o'clock in the morning of the 3rd of May [Elisabeth’s own birthday and hour] it will be very well, provided it gives her a happier future than mine, where she will never hear of States-Generals or schisms.

–Madame Elisabeth to the marquise de Raigecourt, April 3rd, 1791.