. Louis the Fourteenth and the court of France in the seventeenth century. lf up toher full height, and, waving her hand haughtily, re-torted, Leave the room, sir; and remember that Ihenceforth forbid you to appear in my presence. After such an occurrence, it can scarcely, therefore,be a subject of surprise, that wearied at last of so in-vidious a position, in which, coupled with the annoy-ances of a wife, she was subjected also to the indigni-ties of a mistress, Mademoiselle should, as a partingpresent, obtain for him the brevet of a Duke, andthen declare that she left him at full liberty to
. Louis the Fourteenth and the court of France in the seventeenth century. lf up toher full height, and, waving her hand haughtily, re-torted, Leave the room, sir; and remember that Ihenceforth forbid you to appear in my presence. After such an occurrence, it can scarcely, therefore,be a subject of surprise, that wearied at last of so in-vidious a position, in which, coupled with the annoy-ances of a wife, she was subjected also to the indigni-ties of a mistress, Mademoiselle should, as a partingpresent, obtain for him the brevet of a Duke, andthen declare that she left him at full liberty to pursuehis career as he might see fit, provided he attemptedno further interference with herself. The new Duke at once accepted these conditions ;and dissatisfied with the persevering coldness of theKing, solicited the Royal permission to reside for atime in England. The request was immediatelygranted, and in a few weeks Lauzun departed, littlesuspecting the prominent part which he would therebe called upon to play, and to which we shall hereafterhave occasion to
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