Vlil CONTENTS.

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CHAPTEE XVIII.

My Interview with Du Mont—A Mysterious Communication—Anger
of Monseigneur against me—Household of the Duchesse de Berry
—Monseigneur taken ill of the Small Pox—Effect of the News—
The King goes to Meudon—The Danger diminishes—Madame de
Maintenon at Meudon—The Court at Versailles—Hopes and Fears
—The Danger returns—Death of Monseigneur—Conduct of the
King - - • - - - - - 168

CHAPTEE XIX.

A Eumourreaches Versailles—Aspect of the Court—Various Forms of
Grief—The Due d'Orleans—The News confirmed at Versailles—
Behaviour of the Courtiers—The Due and Duehesse de Berry—
TheDuc and Duchesse de Bourgogne—Madame—A Swiss asleep—
Picture of a Court—The Heir Apparent's night—The King returns
to Marly—Character of Monseigneur—Effect of his Death - 180

CHAPTEE XX.

.State of the Court at Death of Monseigneur—Conduct of the DaupMn
and the Dauphine—The Duehesse de Berry—My Interview with
the Dauphin—He is reconciled with M. d'Orle'ans - - 192

CHAPTEE XXL

"Warnings to the Dauphin and Dauphine—The Dauphine sickens and
dies—Illness of the Dauphin— His Death—Character and Manners
of the Dauphine—And of the Dauphin - 207

CHAPTEE XXIL

Certainty of Poison—The supposed Criminal—Excitement of the People
against M. dJOrl6ans—The Cabal—My Danger and Escape—The
Dauphin's Casket ------- 221

CHAPTEE XXIII

The King's Selfishness—Defeat of the Czar—Death of Catinat—Last
days of Vendfane—His Body at the Escurial—Anecdote of Harlay
and the Jacobins—Truce in Flanders—"Wolves - 232

CHAPTEE XXIV.

Settlement of the Spanish Succession—Eenunciation of France—Comic
Failure of the Due de Berry—Anecdote of M. de Chevreuse—
Father Daniel's History and its Eeward - 241

CHAPTEE XXV.

The Bull Unigmvtus—My Interview with Father TelJier—Curious
Inadvertence of mine—Peace—Due de la Eochefoucauld—A Sui-
cide in Public—Channel—Two gay Sisters - 252