descendant of a long line of nobles who, if they
had not all been
benefactors of their race, had, at least, never shirked the brunt of
battle nor any service in the royal cause. On her father's side she
was sprung from that great warrior, Jacques d'Azay, who fought side
by side with Lafayette's ancestor in the battle of Beauge, when the
brother of Harry of England was defeated and slain. On her mother's
side she came of the race of the wis