[62].  Foisset, ibid.. 185.  Six audiences a week and often two a day besides his labors as antiquarian, historian, linguist, geographer, editor and academician.

[63].  “Souvenirs”, by Pasquier (Etienne-Dennis, duc), chancelier de France. in VI volumes, Librarie Plon, Paris 1893.

[64].  De Valfons, “Souvenirs,” 60.

[65].  Montgaillard (an eye-witness).  “Histoire de France,” II. 246.

[66].  M. de Conzié is surprised at four o’clock in the morning by his rival, an officer in the guards.  “Make no noise,” he said to him, “a dress like yours will be brought to me and I will have a cock made then we shall be on the same level.”  A valet brings him his weapons.  He descends into the garden of the mansion, fights with the officer and disarms him. ("Correspondance,” by Métra, XIV.  May 20, 1783.) — “Le Comte de Clermont,” by Jules Cousin, passim. — “Journal de Collé,” III. 232 (July, 1769).

[67].  De Loménie, “Beaumarchais et son temps, II. 304.

[68].  De Luynes, XVL 161 (September, 1757).  The village festival given to King Stanislas, by Mme. de Mauconseil at Bagatelle. — Bachaumont, III. 247 (September 7, 1767).  Festival given by the Prince de Condé.

[69].  “Correspondance,” by Métra, XIII. 97 (June 15, 1782), and V. 232 (June 24 and 25, 1777). — Mme. de Genlis “Mémoires,” chap.  XIV.

[70].  Bachaumont, November 17, 1770. — “Journal de Collé,” III. 136 (April 29, 1767). — De Montlosier, “Mémoires,” I. 43.  “At the residence of the Commandant (at Clermont) they would have been glad to enlist me in private theatricals.”

[71].  “Correspondance.” by Métra, II. 245 (Nov. 18. 1775).

[72].  Julien.  “Histoire du Théâtre de Madame de Pompadour.”  These representations last seven years and cost during the winter alone of 1749, 300,000 livres. — De Luynes, X. 45. — Mme. de Hausset, 230.

[73].  Mme. Campan, I. 130. — Cf. with caution, the Mémoires, are suspect, as they have been greatly modified and arranged by Fleury. — De Goncourt, 114.

74.  Jules Cousin, " Le Comte de Clermont,” p.21. — Mme. de Genlis, “Mémoires,” chap. 3 and 11. — De Goncourt, 114.

[75].  Bachaumont, III. 343 (February 23, 1768) and IV. 174, III. 232. — “Journal d Collé,” passim. — Collé, Laujon and Poisinet are the principal purveyors for these displays; the only one of merit is “La Verité dans le Vin.”  In this piece instead of “Mylord.” there was at first the “bishop of Avranches,” and the piece was thus performed at Villers-Cotterets in the house of the Duc d’Orléans.

[76].  Mme. d’Oberkirk, II. 82. — On the tone of the best society see “Correspondance” by Métra, I. 50, III. 68, and Bezenval (Ed. Barrière) 387 to 394.

[77].  Mme. de Genlis, “Adèle et Théodore,” II. 362.