Vauguyon and the comtesse du Barry--The marquis de
Chauvelin and the comtesse--M. de Montbarrey and the comtesse--
Intrigues--Lebel--Arrival of the du Barry family--The comte
d'Hargicourt--The demoiselles du Barry--Marriage of the comtesse--
The marquis de Bonrepos--Correspondences--The broken glass
CHAPTER VI
Journey to Choisy--The comtesse du Barry and Louis XV--The king of
Denmark--The czar Peter--Frederick II--The abbe de la Chapelle-- An
experiment--New intrigues--Secret agents-The comtesse and Louis
XV--Of the presentation--Letter of the comtesse to the duc
d'Aiguillon--Reply--Prince de Soubise
CHAPTER VII
The comtesse and the duc d'Aiguillon--M. de Soubise--Louis XV and
the duc d'Aiguillon--Letter from the comtesse to the king-- Answer of
the king-The ""--The comtesse and Louis
XV--The supper--The court ladies mystified--The comtesse and M. de
Sartines
CHAPTER VIII
The sieur Ledoux--The --The duc de la Vrilliere--
Madame de Langeac--M. de Maupeou--Louis XV--The comte Jean
CHAPTER IX
The king of Denmark--The courtesans of Paris--The duc de Choiseul
and the bishop of Orleans--Witty repartees of the king of Denmark--
His visit to madame du Barry--"The court of king Petaud," a satire--
Letter of the duc d'Aiguillon to Voltaire--The duchesse de Grammont
mystified--Unpublished letter of Voltaire's
CHAPTER X
When is the presentation to take place?--Conversation on this subject
with the king--M. de Maupeou and M. de la Vauguyon-- Conversation
on the same subject with the king and the duc de Richelieu--M. de la
Vrilliere--M. Bertin---Louis XV and the comtesse--The king's
promise--The fire-works, an anecdote--The marquise de Castellane--M.
de Maupeou at the duc de Choiseul's-- The duchesse de Grammont
CHAPTER XI
A word concerning the duchesse de Choiseul--The apartment of the
Comte de Noailles--The Noailles--Intrigues for presentation--The
comte de Bearn--M. Morand once more--Visit of the comtesse Bearn to
the comtesse du Barry--Conversation--Interested complaisance-- The
king and the comtesse du Barry--Dispute and reconciliation
CHAPTER XII
The comtesse de Bearn--The supper--Louis XV--Intrigues against my
presentation--M. de Roquelaure--The scalded foot--The comtesse
d'Aloigny--The duc d'Aiguillon and madame de Bearn--Anger of the
king's daughters--Madame Adelaide and the comtesse du Barry--
Dissatisfaction of the king
CHAPTER XIII
Of the presentation--The king and the duc de Richelieu at comtesse du
Barry's--M. de la Vauguyon--Conversation--Letter of the duke to the
comtesse du Barry--Reply--The countess unites herself with the Jesuit
party--Madame Louise--Madame Sophie--M. Bertin--Madame de
Bercheny
CHAPTER XIV
The princesses consent to the presentation of madame du Barry--
Ingenious artifice employed by the king to offer a present to the duc de
la Vauguyon--Madame du Barry's letter respecting it--The duke's
reply--The king's letter--The court in despair--Couplets concerning
madame du Barry--Her presentation--A change in public opinion--An
evening party at the house of the countess--Joy of her
partizans--Conversation with the chancellor respecting the lady of the
marechal de Mirepoix
CHAPTER XV
The Comte de la Marche, a prince of the blood--Madame de Beauvoir,
his mistress--Madame du Barry complains to the prince de Soubise of
the princess de Guemenee--The king consoles the countess for
this--The duc de Choiseul--The king speaks to him of madame du
Barry--Voltaire writes to her--The opinions of Richelieu and the king
concerning Voltaire
CHAPTER XVI
Unpublished letter of Voltaire to madame du Barry--Reply of the
countess--The marechale de Mirepoix--Her first interview with
madame du Barry--Anecdote of the diamonds of madame de
Mirepoix-- The king pays for them--Singular gratitude of the
marechale--The portfolio, and an unpublished letter of the marquise de
Pompadour
CHAPTER XVII
Conversation of the marechale de Mirepoix with the comtesse du Barry
on court friendship--Intrigues of madame de Bearn--Preconcerted
meeting with madame de Flaracourt---Rage of madame de Bearn--
Portrait and conversation of madame de Flaracourt with the comtesse
du Barry--Insult from the princesse de Guemenee--Her
banishment--Explanation of the king and the duc de Choiseul relative
to madame du Barry--The comtesse d'Egmont
CHAPTER XVIII
Intrigue of the comtesse d'Egmont with a shopman--His unhappy
fate--The comtesse du Barry protects him--Conduct of Louis XV upon
the occasion--The young man quits France--Madame du Barry's letter
to the comtesse d'Egmont--Quarrel with the marechal de Richelieu
CHAPTER XIX
Madame du Barry separates from madame de Bearn--Letters between
these ladies--Portrait of madame de l'Hopital--The ladder--The
bell--Conversation with madame de Mirepoix--First visit to Chantilly--
Intrigues to prevent the countess from going thither--The king's
Displeasure towards the princesses--The archbishop de Senlis
CHAPTER XX
Unpublished letter of Louis XV--Madame du Barry's cousin, M. de
Maupeou--The comtesse du Barry saves the life of a young girl seduced
by the arts of the cure 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 Morliere--Portrait of the duc de Choiseul-- The duc
de Choiseul and the comtesse du
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