A Selection from the Comedies of Marivaux

by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux

[68] See Larroumet, Marivaux, pp. 63-64.

[69] D'Alembert, Éloge, p. 220.

[70] D'Alembert, Éloge, p. 220.

[71] Ibid, p. 219.

[72] Both Lesbros de la Versane, pp. 14-17, and d'Alembert, pp. 218-219, relate the anecdote, and in much the same way. I follow, in the main, the account given by Lebros.

[73] Larroumet, Marivaux, p. 60.

[74] Lesbros de la Versane, p. 19. D'Alembert, Éloge, p. 291, note 19.

[75] D'Alembert, Éloge, p. 237.

[76] Le Spectateur français, 4e feuille. Oeuvres, tome IX, pp. 30-31.

[77] Found in the twelfth leaflet of the Spectateur. See d'Alembert, Éloge, p. 235.