Transcriber’s Note:
Closing quotes are missing for the sentences beginning with:
- Page [44]: “It was not a Tartuffe, it was not a Pantaloon:
- Page [120]: “that great freedom of speech prevailed in her circle,
- Page [231]: “to put an end to those controversies, and to avoid
Alternative spellings:
- château: chateau
- camerara: camarera
- Fenelon: Fénelon
- Ferté-Senneterre: Ferte-Senneterre
- Hôtel: Hotel
- Leganez: Léganez
- Orléans: Orleans
- Querouialle: Quérouialle
- Saint-Megrin: Saint-Mégrin
- Sévigné: Sevigné, Sévigne
- Tremouille: Trémouille
- Tarent: Tarente
The original punctuation, language and spelling have been retained, except where noted. Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
Page [83]: difficulties, sometimes on horsback, at others in a litter or
Page [94]: a neigbouring town to that in which he lived. Louise thereby
Page [147]: money from the King in addition to the high favonr and all-powerful