The old Villars died at this time.  I have already mentioned him as having been made chevalier d’honneur to the Duchesse de Chartres at her marriage.  I mention him now, because I omitted to say before the origin of his name of Orondat, by which he was generally known, and which did not displease him.  This is the circumstance that gave rise to it.  Madame de Choisy, a lady of the fashionable world, went one day to see the Comtesse de Fiesque, and found there a large company.  The Countess had a young girl living with her, whose name was Mademoiselle d’Outrelaise, but who was called the Divine.  Madame de Choisy, wishing to go into the bedroom, said she would go there, and see the Divine.  Mounting rapidly, she found in the chamber a young and very pretty girl, Mademoiselle Bellefonds, and a man, who escaped immediately upon seeing her.  The face of this man being perfectly well made, so struck her, that, upon coming down again, she said it could only be that of Orondat.  Now that romances are happily no longer read, it is necessary to say that Orondat is a character in Cyrus, celebrated by his figure and his good looks, and who charmed all the heroines of that romance, which was then much in vogue.  The greater part of the company knew that Villars was upstairs to see Mademoiselle de Bellefonds, with whom he was much in love, and whom he soon afterwards married.  Everybody therefore smiled at this adventure of Orondat, and the name clung ever afterwards to Villars.

The Prince de Conti lost, before this time, his son, Prince la Roche-sur-Yon, who was only four years old.  The King wore mourning for him, although it was the custom not to do so for children under seven years of age.  But the King had already departed from this custom for one of the children of M. du Maine, and he dared not afterwards act differently towards the children of a prince of the blood.  Just at the end of September, M. du Maine lost another child, his only son.  The King wept very much, and, although the child was considerably under seven years of age, wore mourning for it.  The marriage of Mademoiselle to M. de Lorraine was then just upon the point of taking place; and Monsieur (father of Mademoiselle) begged that this mourning might be laid aside when the marriage was celebrated.  The King agreed, but Madame la Duchesse and the Princesse de Conti believed it apparently beneath them to render this respect to Monsieur, and refused to comply.  The King commanded them to do so, but they pushed the matter so far as to say that they had no other clothes.  Upon this, the King ordered them to send and get some directly.  They were obliged to obey, and admit themselves vanquished; but they did so not without great vexation.  M. de Cambrai’s affairs still continued to make a great stir among the prelates and at the Court.  Madame Guyon was transferred from the Vincennes to the Bastille, and it was believed she would remain there all her life.  The Ducs de Chevreuse and Beauvilliers