. Versailles and the court under Louis XIV. ad not yet been an example of any suchthing. Those few words speak volumes for the this also. The king was on the way to his carriage togo to the hunt. M. de Duras, who was in waiting, made astatement about a certain matter. At this, the kingstopped, and turning round, a thing he scarcely ever did inwalking, replied. The fact that so slight a check in theroyal progress is noted and commented upon, shows withwhat mathematical precision the Grand Monarch moved. In addition to seeing the king as often as possible, thecourtiers had to be u
. Versailles and the court under Louis XIV. ad not yet been an example of any suchthing. Those few words speak volumes for the this also. The king was on the way to his carriage togo to the hunt. M. de Duras, who was in waiting, made astatement about a certain matter. At this, the kingstopped, and turning round, a thing he scarcely ever did inwalking, replied. The fact that so slight a check in theroyal progress is noted and commented upon, shows withwhat mathematical precision the Grand Monarch moved. In addition to seeing the king as often as possible, thecourtiers had to be up betimes. The royal lever was ateight oclock, but the true courtier was also at the lever ofMonseigneur, or at those of the princes of the blood, whichcame earlier, because the princes and Monseigneur had to beat the lever of the king, and promptly at eight, too, sincethey had the first entree. At what hour will monsieur becalled? inquired the valet of the Marechal de Noailles, onenight, as he closed his masters bed-curtains. At eight 350. Mechanism of the Court Life oclock, if no one dies during the night. If any one died,there was not a moment to be lost in asking for his the case of La Vrilliere. Chateauneuf, Secretary ofState, died about this time (1700). He had asked that hisson, La Vrilliere, might be allowed to succeed him, and wasmuch vexed that the king refused this favor. The news ofChateauneufs death was brought to La Vrilliere by a courierat five oclock in the morning. He did not lose his wits atthe news, but at once sent and woke up the Princesse dHar-court, and begged her to come and see him instantly. Open-ing his purse, he prayed her to go to see Madame de Main-tenon as soon as she got up, and propose his marriage withMile, de Mailly, whom he would take without dowry if theking gave him his fathers appointments. The PrincessedHarcourt, whose habit it was to accept any sum, from acrown upward, willingly undertook this business. She wentto Madame de Ma
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