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"What is the meaning of this?" she asked. "I think that we have more serious things to think of than masquerading." "Come, do not speak before you know everything," replied the Zouave; and in a few words he told her the story of his disguise. "Where can Monsieur Sabran be?" asked Madame Caraman. "What!" exclaimed Coucou, "where is he then?" "I haven't seen him, nor Fanfaro, nor Bobichel since."
In the dining-room, a long and superb gallery which was situated on the ground-floor and opened on the gardens, M. Henri Puget had entertained in state, on July 29, 1714, My Lords Charles Brulart de Genlis, archbishop; Prince d'Embrun; Antoine de Mesgrigny, the capuchin, Bishop of Grasse; Philippe de Vendome, Grand Prior of France, Abbe of Saint Honore de Lerins; Francois de Berton de Crillon, bishop, Baron de Vence; Cesar de Sabran de Forcalquier, bishop, Seignor of Glandeve; and Jean Soanen, Priest of the Oratory, preacher in ordinary to the king, bishop, Seignor of Senez.
The celebrated women of the regency—Mme. de Prie, Mme. de Parabère, Mme. de Sabran—had no salon, while those of the Marquis d'Alluys and the Hôtels de Sully, de Duras, de Villars, and the suppers of Mme. de Chauvelin were of a distinctly different type from those of the earlier and the later periods. In a certain sense, the salons changed the complexion of the age.
Among the beauties of the Court we find the Duchesse de Fedari, the Duchesse de Gesores, the Comtesse de Sabran at one extreme; and actresses like Emilie, Desmarre, and La Souris at the other, pretty butterflies of the footlights who appealed to the Regent no more than Madame d'Averne, the gifted pet of France's wits and literary men, the most charming "blue-stocking" of her day.
But where did the young girls receive the education which gave them such prestige—that consummate art of conversation exemplified in Mme. de Boufflers, Mme. de Luxembourg, Mme. de Sabran, the Duchess of Choiseul, the Princess of Beauvau, the Countess of Ségur?
My Quarrel with Noailles. The Order of the Pavilion. Policy and Schemes of Alberoni. He is Made a Cardinal. Other Rewards Bestowed on Him. Dispute with the Majordomo. An Irruption into the Royal Apartment. The Cardinal Thrashed. Extraordinary Scene. Anecdote of the Duc d'Orleans. He Pretends to Reform Trick Played upon Me. His Hoaxes. His Panegyric of Me. Madame de Sabran.
Then, turning toward Richelieu, "You give us the rest of the evening, duke?" "I ask your pardon," replied Richelieu, "but it is absolutely impossible; I am expected in the Rue des Bons Enfants." "What! have you made it up with Madame de Sabran?" "We never quarreled, madame." "Take care, duke; that looks like constancy." "No, madame, it is calculation." "Ah!
"Exactly; but it seems that Madame de Sabran, who until now was faithful to Richelieu, was touched by the pitiable state in which she saw the prince, and wished to justify the proverb, 'Unlucky at play, lucky at love. The prince, by a little note, dated half-past seven, from the drawing-room of Madame de Sabran, with whom he supped, announced to Broglie that he should not go to the Luxembourg, and charged him to go in his stead, and make his excuses to the Duchesse de Berry."
Then La Phalaris, and D'Averne, they cannot bear each other; they will tear out each other's eyes, and that will amuse us. Then we shall have La Souris, and perhaps Madame de Sabran, if she has no appointment with Richelieu." "This is your list, monseigneur?" "Yes." "Well, will your highness look at mine now?" "Have you made one, too?" "No, it was brought to me ready made."
"The king has allowed me myself to name the ladies who are to have places in my household, now that I am queen; and I have had the satisfaction of giving the Lorrainers a proof of my regard, in taking for my chief almoner the Abbé de Sabran, a man of excellent character, of noble birth, and already named for the bishopric about to be established at Nancy.
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