Map is taken from Cesar-Francois Cassini's Carte de Cassini (1789)
Upon an emotional departure from Leloncourt, the party departs for Nice to "try the air" (278). They journey for "some days" at an easy pace (279). This journey of approximately 150 miles would have taken them at least five to six days at a steady pace.
Nice is a medicinal, healing place, but also one fraught with disappointed expectations and inconvenience. Though La Luc travels here to recover his health, his health on the contrary "seemed rather to decline" (287). In her description of Nice, Radcliffe draws heavily on Smollett's Journey through France, Italy and Germany (1790).
Nice is also a place of considerable connection, as many of Adeline's and the La Luc's lasting connections are made here: M. Verneuil, the Count and Countess D--, M. Amand, etc.
Because after three weeks, "the disorder of La Luc seemed rather to encrease than to abate" (291), the party decides to leave for Montpellier in a few days via the Mediterranean.
Nice is a medicinal, healing place, but also one fraught with disappointed expectations and inconvenience. Though La Luc travels here to recover his health, his health on the contrary "seemed rather to decline" (287). In her description of Nice, Radcliffe draws heavily on Smollett's Journey through France, Italy and Germany (1790).
Nice is also a place of considerable connection, as many of Adeline's and the La Luc's lasting connections are made here: M. Verneuil, the Count and Countess D--, M. Amand, etc.
Because after three weeks, "the disorder of La Luc seemed rather to encrease than to abate" (291), the party decides to leave for Montpellier in a few days via the Mediterranean.
