Old Court Life in France, vol. 2/2

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I—	Tempted	1
II—	The Keeper of the Royal Conscience	13
III—	A Noble Resolve	20
IV—	The Sacrifice	27
V—	Monsieur le Grand	32
VI—	Death on the Scaffold	45
VII—	The End of the Cardinal	54
VIII—	The Queen-Regent	59
IX—	The Duc de Beaufort	70
X—	Midnight Visitors	84
XI—	The Two Duchesses	91
XII—	"Put Not Thy Trust in Princes"	102
XIII—	Charles Stuart	112
XIV—	The Ladies' War	122
XV—	Mazarin Played Out	128
XVI—	Louise de la ValliÈre	139
XVII—	The Convent of Chaillot	156
XVIII—	Fouquet, Superintendent of Finance	167
XIX—	Death and Poison	179
XX—	At Versailles	192
XXI—	Madame de Montespan	200
XXII—	Broken-Hearted	208
XXIII—	M. de Lauzun and "Mademoiselle"	220
XXIV—	A Fair Suitor	230
XXV—	Under a Couch	242
XXVI—	Signing the Marriage Contract	252
XXVII—	Plot and Counterplot	258
XXVIII—	The Royal Governess	268
XXIX—	Connubial Bliss	283
XXX—	Fall of De Montespan	293
XXXI—	Queen Maintenon	302
XXXII—	AT Marly	311
XXXIII—	"The End"	317

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