The Guardian of Marie Antoinette - Letters From the Comte De Mercy Argenteau, Austrian Ambassador to the Court of Versailles, to Marie Thérèse, Empress of Austria, 1770-1780 #231589

But all is to be changed now that the Bien-eime' is dead. Bread is already lowered in price; largesse adroitly distributed; and the chief commission — taker from the farmers of monopolies is already at Rueil, expecting to be ordered still further away from a Virtuous King and Queen who loathe the very surname she bears.