[50] According to Reverdil, this woman was introduced to the king by Count von Danneskjold Laurvig. She had risen from the vilest state of prostitution to the rank of mistress of Sir John Goodricke, the English minister appointed to Sweden, but whom French intrigues prevented from residing at Stockholm. She was called, in consequence, Milady. At this time she was the very faithless mistress of the Viennese envoy.
[51] "Authentische Aufklärungen," p. 15.
[52] "Reverdil's Memoirs."
[53] "Reverdil's Memoirs."
[54] "Authentische Aufklärungen," p. 18.
[55] Reverdil.
[56] At the Danish court, chamberlains have the relative rank of major-generals; pages of the chamber that of lieutenant-colonels; and court hunting and riding pages that of captains.
[57] Evidently an allusion to the loss of Milady.
[58] Of this lady, the author of "Mémoires de mon Temps" says: "C'était une femme admirable et d'un grand esprit; beaucoup de lecture et beaucoup de monde."
[59] "Mémoires de Falckenskjold," to which the reader who desires to know further details is respectfully referred.