•94 MEMOIKS OF THE DUKE OF SAINT-SIMOtf.

his. He talked of nothing but this and of the stuns he had
spent at Chantilly, -until his reason began to wander.

Not a soul regretted him; neither servants nor friends, neither
child nor wife. Indeed the Princesse was so ashamed of her
tears that she made excuses for them. This was scarcely to
be wondered at.