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du Barry saves the life of a young girl seduced
by the arts of the curé of her village--She obtains pardon of the comte
and comtesse de Louerne--The king presents her with Lucienne--A
second meeting with the youthful prophet--His further predictions--He
is sought for--His mysterious letter to the countess

CHAPTER XXI
Extraordinary anecdote of Louis XIV and madame de Maintenon-- The
comtesse du Barry at Chantilly--Opinion of king and comte de la
Marche respecting the "Iron Mask"--Madame du Barry visits madame
de Lagarde

CHAPTER XXII

The chevalier de la Morlière--Portrait of the duc de Choiseul-- The duc
de Choiseul and the comtesse du Barry--No reconciliation
effected--Madame du Barry and the duc d'Aiguillon--Madame du Barry
and Louis XV

CHAPTER XXIII
Dorine--Mademoiselle Choin and the maréchal d'Uxelles--Zamor-- M.
de Maupeou's wig--Henriette--The duc de Villeroi and Sophie-- Letter
from the comtesse du Barry to the duc de Villeroi--His reply--The
countess writes again--Madame du Barry and Sophie-- Louis XV and
the comtesse du Barry

CHAPTER XXIV
The prince des Deux Ponts--Prince Max--The dauphin and Marie
Antoinette--The comtesse du Barry and Bridget Rupert--The countess
and Geneviève Mathon--Noël--Fresh amours--Nocturnal adventure--
Conclusion of this intrigue

CHAPTER XXV
Madame du Barry succeeds in alienating Louis XV from the due de
Choiseul--Letter from madame de Grammont--Louis XV--The
chancellor and the countess--Louis XV and the abbé de la Ville--The
maréchale de Mirepoix and madame du Barry

CHAPTER XXVI
Baron d'Oigny, general post-master--The king and the countess read the

opened letters--The disgrace of de Choiseul resolved upon-- cachet >--Anecdote--Spectre of Philip II, king of Spain--The duc de
Choiseul banished--Visits to Chanteloup--The princesses--The dauphin
and dauphiness- Candidates for the ministry

CHAPTER XXVII
The comte de la Marche and the comtesse du Barry--The countess and
the prince de Condé--The duc de la Vauguyon and the countess--
Provisional minister--Refusal of the secretaryship of war--Displeasure
of the king--The maréchale de Mirepoix- Unpublished letter from
Voltaire to Madame du Barry--Her reply

CHAPTER XXVIII
A few words respecting Jean Jacques Rousseau--The comtesse du
Barry is desirous of his acquaintance--The countess visits Jean Jacques
Rousseau--His household furniture--His portrait--Thérèse--A second
visit from madame du Barry to Jean Jacques Rousseau--The countess
relates her visit to the king--Billet from J. J. Rousseau to madame du
Barry--The two duchesses d'Aiguillon

CHAPTER XXIX
The king's friends--The duc de Fronsac--The duc d'Ayen's remark--
Manner of living at court--The marquis de Dreux--Brézé--Education of
Louis XV--The --Its household--Its inmates-- Mère
Bompart--Livres expended on the -- Good
advice--Madame

CHAPTER XXX
Fête given by the comtesse de Valentinois--The comtesse du Barry
feigns an indisposition--Her dress--The duc de Cossé--The comte and
comtesse de Provence--Dramatic entertainment--Favart and
Voisenon--A few observations--A pension--The maréchale de
Luxembourg--Adventure of M. de Bombelles--Copy of a letter
addressed to him--Louis XV--M. de Maupeou and madame du Barry

CHAPTER XXXI
Madame du Barry purchases the services of Marin the gazetteer --Louis
XV and madame de Rumas--M. de Rumas and the comtesse du
Barry--An intrigue----A present upon the occasion--The
duc de Richelieu in disgrace--100,000 livres

CHAPTER XXXII
A prefatory remark--Madame Brillant--The maréchale de
Luxembourg's cat--Despair of the maréchale--The ambassador,
Beaumarchais, and the duc de Chaulnes--the comte d'Aranda--Louis
XV and his relics--The abbé de Beauvais--His sermons--He is
appointed bishop

CHAPTER XXXIII
M. D----n and madame de Blessac--Anecdote--The rendezvous and the
Ball--The wife of Gaubert--They wish to give her to the king--
Intrigues--Their results--Letter from the duc de la Vrillière to the
countess--Reply—Reconciliation

CHAPTER XXXIV
Conversation with the king--Marriage of the comte d'Artois--
Intrigues--The place of lady of honor--The maréchale de Mirepoix--
The comtesse de Forcalquier and madame du Barry--The comtesse de
Forcalquier and madame Boncault

CHAPTER XXXV
Marriage of madame Boncault--The comte de Bourbon Busset
--Marriage of comte d'Hargicourt--Disgrace of the comte de
Broglie--He is replaced by M. Lemoine--The king complains of
ennui--Conversations on the subject--Entry into Paris

CHAPTER XXXVI
Visit from a stranger--Madame de Pompadour and a Jacobinical
monk--Continuation of this history--Deliverance of a state prisoner--A
meeting with the stranger

CHAPTER XXXVII
A conspiracy--A scheme for poisoning madame du Barry--The four
bottles--Letter to the duc d'Aiguillon--Advice of the ministers--
Opinion of the physicians--The chancellor and lieutenant of
police--Resolution of the council

CHAPTER XXXVIII
Conclusion of this affair--A letter from the --Her
examination--Arrest of Cabert the Swiss--He dies in the Bastille of
poison--Madame Lorimer is arrested and poisoned---The innocence of
the Jesuits acknowledged--Madame de Mirepoix and the 100,000
francs--Forgetfulness on the part of the lieutenant of police--A visit
from comte Jean--Madame de Mirepoix

CHAPTER XXXIX
My alarms--An <èlève> of the --Comte Jean
endeavours to direct the king's ideas--A supper at Trianon-- Table
talk--The king is seized with illness--His conversation with me--The
joiner's daughter and the small-pox--My despair-- Conduct of La
Martinière the surgeon

CHAPTER XL.
La Martinière causes the king to be removed to Versailles--The young
prophet appears again to madame du Barry--Prediction respecting
cardinal de