[56] Mme. de Kerviler and Ed. de Barthélemy, loc. cit.

[57] Tallemant.

[58] Cardinal La Valette.

[59] Near Enghien.

[60] Mademoiselle was ten years old at that time.

[61] The Palais-Royal of to-day.

[62] >Alex. Hardy et le théâtre français, Eugène Rigal.

[63] Sorel, La maison des jeux. The book was published in 1642, but M. E. Rigal supposes that the disorders and the complaints cited in it date from a previous epoch.

[64] La pratique du théâtre.

[65] Certainly the desire was not lacking.—Author.