CHAPTER IX
[1] The title by which the count was usually known: that of the countess was madame.
[2] St. Simon, 1709, ch. v., and 1715, ch. i, vols. vii. and xiii., ed. 1829.
[3] Ibid., 1700, ch xxx., vol. ii., p. 469.
[4] Arneth, ii, p. 206.
[5] Madame de Campan, ch. iv.
[6] Madame de Campan, ch. v., p. 106.
[7] Id., p. 101.
[8] "Sir Peter. Ah, madam, true wit is more neatly allied to good— nature than your ladyship is aware of."—School for Scandal, act ii., sc. 2.