Ah! zounds! What is that then?

I was mistaken, ’tis the enemy’s army.

[52] Voltaire, Siècle de Louis XV.

[53] See the witty and interesting work by M. Arsène Houssaye: Louis XV. 1 vol., Dentu.

[54]

The sun is sick,

And so is Pompadour;

’Tis but a transient thing,

For both are cured;

The good God who aids