Marie Antoinette’s heart was ever compassionate. One day as she was riding through the forest of Fontainebleau in her carriage she came across an old man who had been wounded by a buck. His family was with him but had no means to take him home. The queen of France immediately descended from her carriage and invited the old man and his family to take a seat inside. She took all of them to her hunting lodge and there made sure they received appropriate care.
Madame Campan, Mémoires sur la vie de Marie-Antoinette (Paris: Nelson Éditeurs, 1823), p. 44. (Nobility.org translation.)
Short Stories on Honor, Chivalry, and the World of Nobility—no. 95
