Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon on the times of Louis XIVand the regencyTranslated and abridged by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, from the edcollated with the original manuscript by MChéruelIllustrated with portsFrom the original . m. Eeturning from Fontainebleau, I slept but one night inParis, where I took my measures with Eigault, who startedwith me the next day. On arriving at the monastery Itold M. de la Trappe that an officer of my acquaintance hadsuch a passion to see him, that I entreated him to consent(for he now saw almost no one) to allow him to do so. Iadded that on the hope I had g
Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon on the times of Louis XIVand the regencyTranslated and abridged by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, from the edcollated with the original manuscript by MChéruelIllustrated with portsFrom the original . m. Eeturning from Fontainebleau, I slept but one night inParis, where I took my measures with Eigault, who startedwith me the next day. On arriving at the monastery Itold M. de la Trappe that an officer of my acquaintance hadsuch a passion to see him, that I entreated him to consent(for he now saw almost no one) to allow him to do so. Iadded that on the hope I had given my friend, he wasabout to arrive; that he stammered badly, and thereforewould not ask to be spoken to, but would be quite contentwith looking at him. M. de la Trappe smiled kindly,thought the officer inquisitive about a very small matter,and promised to see him. The next morning the p^re-abb(^ and I took Rigault to a sort of study in which M. dela Trappe usually worked, and where I was accustomed tosee him w^hen he came from the hospital. This study waslighted on two sides, and had nothing but white walls,— on which were a few devotional prints,—straw-chairs,and a desk on which ]\I. de la Trappe had written all his. ? W/f ? 44^^^,<5^:!e/.=!^^/«_//v<^/^/^, ?f/////yey 1700] JVIEMOIRS OF THE DUG DE SAINT-SBION. 199 works. Eigault found the place to his liking as to the light;the pere-abbd sat down where M. de la Trappe was accus-tomed to be seated with me in the corner of the study, andEigault fortunately found everything suitable to watchhim at that point. Next, the pere-abb^ and I took him toanother place, where we were quite sure he would not be seenor interrupted by any one at his work. Eigault found it allthat he desired as to light, and he at once set up whateverhe needed for the execution of the work. That afternoon I presented my officer to M. de la Trappe,and he sat with us in the place he had chosen in the morn-ing, remaining about three-quarters of an h
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