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.