[208] Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann, March 7, 1785.
[209] Edmond de Goncourt, Mademoiselle Clairon, p. 385.
[210] Souvenirs de Madame Vigée Lebrun, i. 83.
[211] Its effect was less terrifying upon "an amorous and jealous intendant," who mistook the ghostly visitant's cry for that of a lover in the flesh, and had the bad taste to remark to Mlle. Clairon that "the signals of her rendezvous were somewhat too noisy." And this after the poor lady had just recovered from a swoon lasting nearly a quarter of an hour!
[212] Mémoires de Mademoiselle Clairon (edit. 1799), p. 1 et seq.
[213] Edmond de Goncourt, Mademoiselle Clairon, p. 466.
[214] Gueullette, Acteurs et Actrices du Temps passé, p. 320.
[215] Marie Pauline Ménard. Mlle. Clairon had adopted her when a little girl and provided her dot, which led to a widespread belief that she was her natural daughter. This, however, was not the case.
[216] Gueullette, Acteurs et Actrices du Temps passé, p. 321.