LOUIS XVIII (1755-1824) King of France. L.A.S. "Louis Stanislas Xavier", Hamm November 19, 1793, to Comte de Vaudreuil; 1page in-8, addressed with black wax seal of arms. After the execution of Marie-Antoinette (October 16), and on the despair of Mme de Polignac (who died on December 9). Louis XVIII says "combien la playe de mon cœur est profonde et douloureuse. I would never have believed that I should count revenge among my pleasures, but I feel only too well that it will be one. You knew of my friendship for Mde de Polignac, but since our misfortunes, it has become a sacred object for me. May we not console her, that is impossible, but at least soften her pain"...