Excerpt from The Diamond Necklace: Confessions of the Countless De La Motte Elizabeth, of Vienna, my grandmother, born at bar-sur-seine, had formed a particular intimacy with a lady of the same place, and of a similar age and disposition; Elizabeth had one son and her friend a. Daughter. Both of these children were very young when their mothers' friendship commenced, and they resolved to perpetuate their amicable intercourse by a matrimonial union between their children, and exe outed, accordingly, a contract for that purpose. The young pair were given to understand that they were destined for each other from the first moment they began to prattle till at length the buds of friend ship, cherished by frequent intercourse and strength ened by mutual endearments, ripened into love. In this situation, with all the transports which youthful minds feel at the prospect of approaching bliss, scarce had they attained the age of sixteen, when a sudden and most unaccountable disagreement between the parents clouded the sunshine of their felicity, and blasted their future hopes: the match was instantly broken off, and an immediate separation ensued. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.