Volume11.
CHAPTER LXXVIII
External Life of Louis XIV.—At the Army.—Etiquette
of the King’s Table.—Court Manners
and Customs.—The Rising of the King.—Morning
Occupations.—Secret Amours.—Going
to Mass.—Councils.—Thursdays.—
Fridays.—Ceremony of the King’s Dinner.—The
King’s Brother.—After Dinner.—The
Drive.—Walks at Marly and Elsewhere.—S
tag—hunting.—Play-tables.—Lotteries.—Visits
to Madame de Maintenon.—Supper.—The
King Retires to Rest.—Medicine Days.—Kings
Religious Observances.—Fervency in Lent.—At
Mass.—Costume.—Politeness of
the King for the Court of Saint-Germain.—Feelings
of the Court at His Death.—Relief of Madame
de Maintenon.—Of the Duchesse d’Orleans.—Of
the Court Generally.—Joy of Paris and the
Whole of France.—Decency of Foreigners.—Burial
of the King.
CHAPTER LXXIX
Surprise of M. d’Orleans at the King’s
Death.—My Interview with Him.—
Dispute about Hats.—M. du Maine at the
Parliament.—His Reception.—
My Protest.—The King’s Will.—Its
Contents and Reception.—Speech of the
Duc d’Orleans.—Its Effect.—His
Speech on the Codicil.—Violent
Discussion.—Curious Scene.—Interruption
for Dinner.—Return to the
Parliament.—Abrogation of the Codicil.—New
Scheme of Government.—
The Regent Visits Madame de Maintenon.—The
Establishment of Saint-Cyr.—
The Regent’s Liberality to Madame de Maintenon.
CHAPTER LXXX
The Young King’s Cold.—’Lettres des Cachet’ Revived.—A Melancholy Story.—A Loan from Crosat.—Retrenchments.—Unpaid Ambassadors.—Council of the Regency.—Influence of Lord Stair.—The Pretender.—His Departure from Bar.—Colonel Douglas.—The Pursuit.—Adventure at Nonancourt.—Its Upshot.—Madame l’Hospital.—Ingratitude of the Pretender.
CHAPTER LXXXI
Behaviour of the Duchesse de Berry.—Her Arrogance Checked by Public Opinion.—Walls up the Luxembourg Garden.—La Muette.—Her Strange Amour with Rion.—Extraordinary Details.—The Duchess at the Carmelites.— Weakness of the Regent.—His Daily Round of Life.—His Suppers.— How He Squandered His Time.—His Impenetrability.—Scandal of His Life.— Public Balls at the Opera.
CHAPTER LXXXII
First Appearance of Law.—His Banking Project
Supported by the Regent.—
Discussed by the Regent with Me.—Approved
by the Council and Registered.
—My Interviews with Law.—His
Reasons for Seeking My Friendship.—
Arouet de Voltaire
CHAPTER LXXXIII
Rise of Alberoni.—Intimacy of France and England.—Gibraltar Proposed to be Given Up.—Louville the Agent.—His Departure.—Arrives at Madrid.— Alarm of Alberoni.—His Audacious Intrigues.—Louville in the Bath.— His Attempts to See the King.—Defeated.—Driven out of Spain.—Impudence of Alberoni.—Treaty between France and England.—Stipulation with Reference to the Pretender.