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DembowskafromEngland,Cthatthereisnot
asinglethingintheworldthatIwouldnot
doformyhusband[backhome],butperhaps
therearecircumstancesorideaswhichmake
myhusbandpreferthatIshouldbeabsent.)13
Sheobviouslysuspectedthetruereasonfor
herexile,butitwasneverspokenaboutbe-
tweenhusbandandwife.TheirsonAdamJer-
zywasequallyeagertoreturntoPolandto
jointhearmedforcesathome;heevencom-
pletedhisstudiesinanexemplarymannerspe-
cificallytopleasehisfather.InAugust1790
AdamKazimierzrelented,allowedhiswifeto
return,butforbadehissontocomebeforethe
electionsforthe1790Sejmwereover.Con-
cernedaboutherson)sresentmenttowardshis
father,IzabeladecidedtostayinEnglandand
smooththestrainedrelationshipbetweenCthe
twopeopleshelovedmost.)Inherownwords,
13KonstancjaDembowskanéeNarbuttgrewup
inPowązkiasacompaniontoIzabela)schildren.Kon-
stancjaaccompaniedMariatoBelgardandTreptowin
PomeraniainthefirstyearofMaria)smarriage.Kon-
stancjaandherhusbandJózefDembowskisettlednear
PuławyinPożógandthenin1798BroniceandKle-
mentowice.LeonDembowski,Mojewspomnienia(Pe-
tersburg:K.Grendyszyński,1898),vol.1pp.9-14.
JanZbigniewPachoński,CDembowskiJózef,
)inPol-
skisłownikbiograficzny(Cracow:PAN,1939-1946),
5,pp.92-93.I.Cz.toK.D.,Manchester,17August
(1790),B.Cz.6107.
Insearchof
delightfulprospects...
16
shesacrificedherownhappinessforherduty
asamotherandawife.14
ThereisnothinglikePoland:
Thepreludetothetour
Izabela,AdamJerzyandtheirsmallentou-
rageleftPolandon26September1789.They
travelledwithMajorSebastianOrlowski,
theformertutorofAdamJerzy,thelibrari-
anFranciszekKozłowski,amaidKonstancja,
andKazio,Izabela)sfavouriteyoungCossack
servant.Amelancholymooddescendedal-
mostimmediatelyandIzabelaacutelylonged
tobebackathome.Theytravelledthrough
Vienna,SwitzerlandandParisreachingLon-
donon10January1790.15Czartoryskavery
quicklysetuparoutineforherself,taking
English,musicandembroiderylessons.16She
visitedresidencesontheThames,Twicken-
hamandRichmond,engagedJamesSavage
14I.Cz.toK.D.,24August(1790),B.Cz.6107.
15OntheSwisspartofthejourneysee:AlinaAlek-
sandrowicz,CIzabelaCzartoryskaszlakiembohaterów
„NowejHeloizy”)
,SiècledeRousseauetsapostérité:
mélangesoffertsàEwaRzadkowska(1998).
16JohnWalkergaveEnglishlessons.ThePuławy
librarycontainsthreebooksbyWalkerontheEnglish
languageandelocution,purchasedbyAdamKazimierz
andAdamJerzy.Onherpurchasessee:Gołębiowska,
WkręguCzartoryskich,pp.55-56.
