CHAPTER CII
Council on the Finances.—Departure of Law—A Strange Dialogue.—M. le Duc and the Regent.—Crimes Imputed to Law during His Absence.—Schemes Proposed.—End, of the Council.
CHAPTER CIII
Character of Alberoni.—His Grand Projects.—Plots
against Him.—The
Queen’s Nurse.—The Scheme against
the Cardinal.—His Fall.—Theft
of a
Will.—Reception in Italy.—His
Adventures There.
CHAPTER CIV
Meetings of the Council.—A Kitten.—The
Archbishopric of Cambrai.—
Scandalous Conduct of Dubois.—The Consecration.—I
Persuade the Regent
Not to Go.—He Promises Not.—Breaks
His Word.—Madame de Parabere.—The
Ceremony.—Story of the Comte de Horn.
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CHAPTER CV
Quarrel of the King of England with His Son.—Schemes
of Dubois.—
Marriage of Brissac.—His Death.—Birth
of the Young Pretender.—
Cardinalate of Dubois.—Illness of the King.—His
Convalescence.—
A Wonderful Lesson.—Prudence of the Regent.—Insinuations
against Him.
CHAPTER CVI
Projected Marriages of the King and of the Daughter
of the Duc d’Orleans_
—How It Was Communicated to Me.—I
Ask for the Embassy to Spain.—It Is
Granted to Me.—Jealousy of Dubois.—His
Petty Interference.—
Announcement of the Marriages.
CHAPTER CVII
Interview with Dubois.—His Singular Instructions to Ale.—His Insidious Object.—Various Tricks and Manoeuvres.—My Departure for Spain.—Journey by Way of Bordeaux and Bayonne.—Reception in Spain.—Arrival at Madrid.
CHAPTER CVIII
Interview in the Hall of Mirrors.—Preliminaries of the Marriages.— Grimaldo.—How the Question of Precedence Was Settled.—I Ask for an Audience.—Splendid Illuminations.—A Ball.—I Am Forced to Dance.
CHAPTER CIX
Mademoiselle de Montpensier Sets out for Spain.—I
Carry the News to the
King.—Set out for Lerma.—Stay
at the Escurial.—Take the Small—pox.—
Convalescence.
CHAPTER CX
Mode of Life of Their Catholic Majesties.—Their
Night.—Morning.—
Toilette.—Character of Philippe V.—And
of His Queen.—How She Governed
Him.
CHAPTER CXI
The King’s Taste for Hunting.—Preparations
for a Battue.—Dull Work.—
My Plans to Obtain the Grandesse.—Treachery
of Dubois.—Friendship of
Grimaldo.—My Success.