CHAPTER LXXXIV

The Lieutenant of Police.—­Jealousy of Parliament.—­Arrest of Pomereu Resolved On.—­His Imprisonment and Sudden Release.—­Proposed Destruction of Marly.—­How I Prevented It.—­Sale of the Furniture.—­I Obtain the ’Grandes Entrees’.—­Their Importance and Nature.—­Afterwards Lavished Indiscriminately.—­Adventure of the Diamond called “The Regent.”—­Bought for the Crown of France.

CHAPTER LXXXV

Death of the Duchesse de Lesdiguieres.—­Cavoye and His Wife.—­Peter the Great.—­His Visit to France.—­Enmity to England.—­Its Cause.—­Kourakin, the Russian Ambassador.—­The Czar Studies Rome.—­Makes Himself the Head of Religion.—­New Desires for Rome—­Ultimately Suppressed.—­Preparations to Receive the Czar at Paris.—­His Arrival at Dunkerque.—­At Beaumont.—­ Dislikes the Fine Quarters Provided for Him.—­His Singular Manners, and Those of His Suite.

CHAPTER LXXXVI

Personal Appearance of the Czar.—­His Meals.—­Invited by the Regent.—­
His Interview with the King—­He Returns the Visit.—­Excursion in Paris.—­
Visits Madame.—­Drinks Beer at the Opera.—­At the Invalides.—­Meudon.—­
Issy.—­The Tuileries.—­Versailles.—­Hunt at Fontainebleau.—­Saint—­Cyr.—­
Extraordinary Interview with Madame de Maintenon.—­My Meeting with the
Czar at D’Antin’s.—­The Ladies Crowd to See Him.—­Interchange of
Presents.—­A Review.—­Party Visits.—­Desire of the Czar to Be United to
France.

CHAPTER LXXXVII

Courson in Languedoc.—­Complaints of Perigueux.—­Deputies to Paris.—­
Disunion at the Council.—­Intrigues of the Duc de Noailles.—­Scene.—­
I Support the Perigueux People.—­Triumph.—­My Quarrel with Noailles.—­
The Order of the Pavilion.

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CHAPTER LXXXVIII

Policy and Schemes of Alberoni.—­He is Made a Cardinal.—­Other Rewards
Bestowed on Him.—­Dispute with the Majordomo.—­An Irruption into the
Royal Apartment.—­The Cardinal Thrashed.—­Extraordinary Scene.

CHAPTER LXXXIX

Anecdote of the Duc d’Orleans.—­He Pretends to Reform —­Trick Played upon
Me.—­His Hoaxes.—­His Panegyric of Me.—­Madame de Sabran.—­How the Regent
Treated His Mistresses.

CHAPTER XC

Encroachments of the Parliament.—­The Money Edict.—­Conflict of Powers—­
Vigorous Conduct of the Parliament.—­Opposed with Equal Vigour by the
Regent.—­Anecdote of the Duchesse du Maine.—­Further Proceedings of the
Parliament.—­Influence of the Reading of Memoirs.—­Conduct of the
Regent.—­My Political Attitude.—­Conversation with the Regent on the
Subject of the Parliament.—­Proposal to Hang Law.—­Meeting at My House.—­
Law Takes Refuge in the Palais Royal.