She would have been remarkable for her naturalness and quickness of mind, had she received the most scanty education; but in her capacity as an heiress she had been brought up by nuns who practised a passionate devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and were animated by a violent hatred of the French as being enemies of the Jesuits.
On l’eût remarquée pour le naturel et la vivacité d’esprit, si elle eût reçu la moindre éducation. Mais en sa qualité d’héritière, elle avait été élevée chez des religieuses adoratrices passionnées du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus, et animées d’une haine violente pour les Français ennemis des jésuites.