[26] See the deposition of the Cavaliere Don Gaspar Perelli, son of the Governor of that town. Chapter III, Part II.
[27] Conjuration de L.-P.-J., bk. I. It was this mask which, having sullied the natural whiteness of his skin, gave him his dark and brownish complexion.
[28] See Conjuration de L.-P.-J., bk. I; Vie Politique, p. 6; Vie du Duc de Chartres, p. 25, etc.
[29] See the Journal of her life, and other works.
[30] Aglaé d’Este, daughter of the Duke of Modena.
[31] First with the Princess Mathilde d’Este, his sister-in-law, and then with la belle Forcalquier. See Vie du Duc de Penthièvre, by Maître Guénara, vol. i, pp. 45 and 114.
[32] See Chapter V, Part II.
[33] Mémoires de Mme. de Genlis, vol. iii, p. 14.
[34] Mémoires de Mme. de Genlis.
[35] Ibid. See also the Gazette de France and other works. As to the title of Comtesse de Joinville, the following letter, sent on May 15, 1776, by M. Roger de Jouscolombe, will be a sufficient explanation—