Ninon.”
THE END
FOOTNOTES:
[1] De Mirecourt.
[2] De Mirecourt.
[3] This anecdote is attributed by St Simon to another source, and to a much later date; but it truly occurred as here recorded.
[4] “Est animal rubrum, callidum, rapax, et vorax omnium benificiorum. Mazarin is a misfortune to the queen, her evil genius, consequently ours. I hate him as I do the devil, and hold him for what he is, morus nebule, a creature destitute of honour, a mime in a red hat, and a long-robed charlatan.”
Guy Patin.
[5] Gayot de Pitaval, Causes Celébres.
[6] Du Tillet.