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. Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century. CHAPTER V Girlhood of La Valli^re; Her Advent at Court—The Court-Ballet—Louis XIV. in a Greek Tunic—The Conference in theForest—Suavity of the King—Jealousy of the Count ofGuiche—The Storm in the Park—The Double Secretary—The Lottery of the Queen-mother—The Bracelets—Rivalryof Fouquet—The Twenty Thousand Pistoles—Indignation ofLa Valliere—Cabal Against Fouquet ; His Tergiversations ;Louis XIV. Resolves on His Arrest—The Fete at Vaux—TheJourney to Nantes—Arrest of Fouquet; His Private Papers—Letter of Madame de Sevigne—
. Louis the Fourteenth, and the court of France in the seventeenth century. CHAPTER V Girlhood of La Valli^re; Her Advent at Court—The Court-Ballet—Louis XIV. in a Greek Tunic—The Conference in theForest—Suavity of the King—Jealousy of the Count ofGuiche—The Storm in the Park—The Double Secretary—The Lottery of the Queen-mother—The Bracelets—Rivalryof Fouquet—The Twenty Thousand Pistoles—Indignation ofLa Valliere—Cabal Against Fouquet ; His Tergiversations ;Louis XIV. Resolves on His Arrest—The Fete at Vaux—TheJourney to Nantes—Arrest of Fouquet; His Private Papers—Letter of Madame de Sevigne—Anne of Austria and LaValliere Save the Life of Fouquet. LOUISE-FRANgOISE DE LA BAUME DEBLANC, the daughter of the Marquis de laValUere, was born at Tours in the year 1644. She losther father almost in her infancy ; and her mother, whowas the daughter of the Seigneur de la Coutellaie,equerry of the Kings state stable, was left with a proudname and an inadequate income, which induced her toform a second marriage with M. de St. Remy, who
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