MOTIVES OF CONSOLATION. 191

The King soon got over his affliction for the loss of this son
of fifty. Never was a man so ready with tears, so backward
with grief, or so promptly restored to his ordinary state. The
morning after the death of Monseigneur he rose late; called M.
do Beauvillicrs into his cabinet, shed some more tears, and then
said that from that time Monseigneur le Due de Bourgogne and
Madame la Duchesse do Bourgogne were to enjoy the honours,
the rank, and the name of Dauphin and of Dauphine. Hence-
forth I shall call them by no other names.

My joy at this change may be imagined. In a few days all
my causes of disquietude had been removed, and I saw a future
opening before mo full of light and promise. Monseigneur le
Due do Bourgogne become Dauphin, heir to the throne of
Franco; what favour might I not hope for ? I could not con-
.ccal or control my satisfaction.

But alas! it was soon followed by sad disappointment and
grievous sorrow.*

* Tho doath of Monseigneur leaving Louis XIV. almost in his dotage, on.
tho throno, surrounded by young princes and princesses impatieat for a new
roign, worked a wonderful change in the Court of France. The subsequent
part of those Momoira will show the steps that led to the Eegency of the
JDuc d'OrWans, and describe tho state of France under that prince.