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For the description is so general, that I fear lest I should be at a loss to recollect of whom you are speaking." "You are very ill-natured," cried Louis XV, "and I hardly know whether you deserve to be gratified by hearing the name of the poor gentleman: however, I will tell it to you; he is called Corbin de la Chevrollerie.
"Monsieur de la Chevrollerie," cried I, bursting into a violent fit of laughter, "do you know in what degree of relationship the deceased madame Brillant stood to madame de Luxembourg?"
"Monsieur de la Chevrollerie," cried I, bursting into a violent fit of laughter, "do you know in what degree of relationship the deceased madame Brillant stood to madame de Luxembourg?"
Now, I think I cannot do better than make him the bearer of my inquiries after the marechale de Luxembourg." This idea struck me as highly amusing, and I immediately dispatched a servant to summon M. de la Chevrollerie to the presence of the king.
M. Corbin de la Chevrollerie departed with much pride and self-complacency upon his embassy: he returned in about half an hour. "Sire," cried he, "I have fulfilled your royal pleasure to madame de Luxembourg.
For the description is so general, that I fear lest I should be at a loss to recollect of whom you are speaking." "You are very ill-natured," cried Louis XV, "and I hardly know whether you deserve to be gratified by hearing the name of the poor gentleman: however, I will tell it to you; he is called Corbin de la Chevrollerie.
Now, I think I cannot do better than make him the bearer of my inquiries after the marechale de Luxembourg." This idea struck me as highly amusing, and I immediately dispatched a servant to summon M. de la Chevrollerie to the presence of the king.
M. Corbin de la Chevrollerie departed with much pride and self-complacency upon his embassy: he returned in about half an hour. "Sire," cried he, "I have fulfilled your royal pleasure to madame de Luxembourg.
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