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Varney, who had changed his splendid attire, and now waited on his patron in a very modest and plain undress, attended to do the honours of the Earl's COUCHER. "How! Sir Richard," said Leicester, smiling, "your new rank scarce suits the humility of this attendance." "I would disown that rank, my Lord," said Varney, "could I think it was to remove me to a distance from your lordship's person."
For ten or twelve years before he died the 'petit coucher' ceased, in consequence of a long attack of gout be had had; so that the Court was finished at the rising from supper. On medicine days, which occurred about once a month, the King remained in bed, then heard mass.
Louis XVI. determined once to accompany the Queen to a masked ball; it was agreed that the King should hold not only the grand but the petit coucher, as if actually going to bed.
"Entrez," cried a voice, in answer to my rap. I obeyed the signal, and found myself in a room of tolerable dimensions and multiplied utilities. A decayed silk curtain of a dingy blue, drawn across a recess, separated the chambre a coucher from the salon.
Ole Fred no, no, Ole girl voulez-vous coucher avec moi?" She looked at him, frowning. The unusual words she had never heard French words before worried her: she never afterwards was able to hear French without an acute sense of discomfort. He was smiling at her with open mouth and wet eyes. She came quite close to him: he cringed unconsciously, and then lifted his face, expecting her to kiss him.
For ten or twelve years before he died the 'petit coucher' ceased, in consequence of a long attack of gout be had had; so that the Court was finished at the rising from supper. On medicine days, which occurred about once a month, the King remained in bed, then heard mass.
This became the subject of conversation one evening at the coucher of Louis XV. 'You will see, Sire, said a courtier, whose office placed him in close communication with the King, 'that all this will make it absolutely necessary to assemble the States General!
And if any one does not take the extras, of course he is charged more: Bain, 25 C. Pas de bain, 50 C. Cigarette dans la chambre a coucher, 10 C. pour chaque cigarette. Pas de cigarette dans la chambre a coucher, 20 C. pour chaque cigarette. This is the system at all good hotels. If Reggie comes, of course he will pay a little more: I cannot forget that he gave me a dressing-case.
He was always pleased to see among the number the Minister of Foreign Affairs, especially since the portfolio of that department had been entrusted to the hands of M. de Talleyrand. At midnight, and often sooner, he gave the signal for retiring by saying in a hasty manner, "Allons nous coucher."
No one who knew the expectation could go to bed that night except that the King and Queen had in order to disarm suspicion to go through the accustomed ceremonies of the coucher. The ladies sat or lay on their beds intently listening, as hour after hour chimed from the clocks. At last, at about three in the morning, the challenge of the sentinels was heard from point to point.
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