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April 1788
I had an incredible day ! And so it started… I went like every morning to the Church-Garden to recover myself in the morning sun. But this morning was different…. I didn´t only hear birds singing, there was also an unknown sound. I first thought maybe, there is a very seldom kind of bird sitting around here in the lovely garden. I wasn’t able to recognize this voice…. After a while I knew from whom and from what the singing came from……..I remembered it ,but I ignored it…and sat down on a beautiful old stone bench. Which was made from nice structured granite, which hold the warmth from the sun shafts…Granite was one of my favorite stone.I caressed the surface of this stone and thought how nice it is ,how smooth and warm ,how beautiful the earth is.I closed my eyes and enjoyed the moment which seemed to never end,the wind blow with a slight cold brise through my face.This relaxing hour gave me the enough power for the whole day I needed. Suddenly the voice deepened the silence and the singing was getting louder.I opened my eyes with the hope to see this person or bird who was making this nice noise,I was looking around,but I could find someone…a bit disappointed, I went back to the convent to do my every morning praying ritual. This day passed like usual.At night,just before I got ready to sleep,someone pushed under my roomdoor a little letter.In which a person wrote his feeling s about me……I was amassed and embarrassed at the same time.But I felt good while reading this nice letter... I quickly opened the roomdoor with the hope to see this special person,but without success. I went back to my bed and felt asleep.

July 1789
The day started like usual nothing in particular. I just came in the corridor of the convent from my morning praying in the church. I took off my shoes and went up to the second floor of the house to go to my room. I it was sunny summer day and the sun shafts were shining through my mosaic glass window, it was beautiful and peaceful atmosphere. This situation in my room gave me an inspiration of doing something good and social to other people who did not have the opportunity to have cared live liked me. I took the bible to read in it and set down on my bed in hope to get an idea of helping the third estate people. Suddenly it knocked on the door. Frightened I stood up and opened the door. It was __**Louis Bordeaux the Cardinal**__ with a friendly smile on his face, he asked me if I can swop duty with nun Sophie who was suddenly getting sick. She was suppose to serve the Lunch for __**Bishop Arthur and Louis Bordeaux the Cardinal**__. With big eyes and lingual splutering way I nod to agree. After while I was ready to servethe lunch downstairs in the dining room. __**Arthur**__ and __**Louis Bordeaux**__ were enjoying the the meal. I realized that __**Arthur**__ was looking at me all the time in special way. I enjoyed it and had the feeling of having an interest in him too. After __**Arthur**__ left, he wink to me in a very secret way. In this moment I felt being a butterfly. In the afternoon people from the third estate came to get something to eat. I had a good relation to some of the people from the third estate, I wanted to fight for them because the situation was unfair they all had to spend all the money which they had to give King Louis. I heard from them that they want to assembly in front of the Bastille, to protest and make awful executations …. I felt useless because I coul not do anything gainst it. In the evening a good friend of mine came over, it was **__Marie Julie d’Orsay__**. She was a pleasant noble woman. **__Marie J. d’Orsaz__** was, 30 minutes in the church to tell that all the third estate people are suffering horrible.

**September 1793 **
The following day,I heard from others,that __**Louis Bordeaux**__ was kitnapped from obviously people from the Revolutionary Tribunal. Because of all the disaster that happened during this time, while nobles and clergy were suppose to lose their power and money. They put __**Louis Bordeaux**__ in a Conciergerie prison, where most of the prisoner were religious prisoner .I was shocked about that message and I was thinking of what I could do for him, to get him out of the prison. I knew they would bring him to the market of the city, where the Guillotine is placed to get the prisoners head off. An hour later, after I got the message, __**Bishop Arthur**__ came to my Convent, in where I was waiting for him. We bothwere thinking of how we can get __**Louis Bordeaux**__ out of the prison, the situation was very bricare, because the people were excited, especially in the time were the government was changing constantly. I did not really know how, but __**Arthur**__ rescued __**Louis Bordeax**__, just while they were about to bring him to the Guillotine, we hit him in a little room in the convent, which I made it ready for him hours before, just in case. He was so exhausted of all the toture,he had to go through to.We talked a while about everything specially about the economic problems of that country,which seems to be a big problem and causes a real chaos also with other European powers. __**Bishop Arthur**__ had meanwhile left the convent, I and Louis Bordeaux were by our own. By finishing our conversation ,I left his room to see my room. I laid down on my bed, thinking of all what happened the last time. This was a terrible night which was in my eyes endless because my whole night was shadowed by nightmares.



March 1804
The time went by so fast…… Many thins has change in my life and also in the political way. I splat up with Arthur because the relationship did not work anymore between us. I also stepped out of the church, I have been living there for more than seven years and the time got boring and the rules got stronger. And the biggest point was __**Didier de Chardot**__. He was a tall, buff man which had beautiful blue eyes like a moving ocean. He also comes from the second estate, like me. I think our integrations are perfect. On a sunny spring Sunday morning I did a walk in the church garden. And I meet there __**Didier de Chardot**__. We sat there in the sun and talking for many hours. He asked me if I would like to come over to his house and have dinner with him. It was an awesome night….. I am pregnant. After two month I have moved to him. And after seven month I got twins, first we all were shocked but after a while we were happy and clad to have two at once. __**Doctor Francois Rousseau**__ was so kind to help me at birth. We were a happy and proud family. __**Francois Rousseau**__ came sometimes over to look after the babies and had tea. He became a good friend of ours. Also in the political changed a lot now Napoleon was at the head of France and he changed the rules. The rules which Napoleon imported are much better; the third estate has now equal rights to the first and second estate. I can live with my family now more calm than before which makes everything easier.

//Mary du Champagne//