Note 490 — BOOK II[407] (continued 2)
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
This is the text of the declaration, which was inserted in the Moniteur of the 26th of February 1833:
"Driven by circumstances and by the measures ordered by the Government, although I had the gravest reasons to keep my marriage secret, I think it my duty to myself, as well as to my children, to declare that I was secretly married during my residence in Italy.
"Marie-Caroline.
"At the Citadel of Blaye, 22 February 1833."—B.