[10] "Après le dîner il y eut appartement jeu, et la fête fut terminée par un feu d'artifice."—Weber, i., p. 57, from whom the greater part of those details are taken. For the etiquette of the "jeu," see Madame de Campan, ch. ix., p. 17, and 2 ed. 1858.
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[1] Mercy to Maria Teresa, June 18th, 1780, Arneth iii., p. 440.
[2] Le tabouret. See St. Simon.
[3] See infra, the queen's letter to Madame de Tourzel, date July 25th, 1789.
[4] "Souvenirs de Quarante Ans," by Mademoiselle de Tourzel, p. 20.
[5] "Filia dolorosa."—Châteaubriand.
[6] Napoleon, in 1814, called her the only man of her family.
[7] Madame de Campan, ch. x.
[8] Mémoires de Madame d'Oberkirch, i., p. 279