[291] Louvois to M. Robert, January 15, 1680.

[292] She died there September 8, 1686. Cato seems to have been dismissed, although she had been placed with Mme. de Montespan by La Voisin.

[293] Marie-Anne-Christine de Bavière, coming to marry the Grand Dauphin.

[294] Cf. Les souvenirs de Mme. de Caylus and—among others—the letter of Mme. de Sévigné dated July 17, 1680.

[295] Mme. de Montespan et Louis XIV.

[296] Louis XIV., sa Cour et le Régent, by Anquetil (Paris, 1789).

[297] The gift to be enjoyed only after the death of Mademoiselle.

[298] Mémoires de Saint-Simon.

[299] Saint-Simon, Écrits inédits.

[300] At Chalon-sur-Saône.