Chapter VI

Was Mademoiselle secretly Married?--Imprisonment of Lauzun--Splendour and Decadence of France--_La Chambre Ardente_--Mademoiselle Purchases Lauzun's Freedom--Their Embroilment--Death of the Grande Mademoiselle--Death of Lauzun--Conclusion 304-377

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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MADEMOISELLE DE MONTPENSIER _Frontispiece_
She is holding the portrait of her father, Gaston d'Orleans.
From the painting by Pierre Bourguignon in the
Musee de Versailles. By permission of Messrs. Hachette
& Co.

ANNE MARIE LOUISE D'ORLEANS, DUCHESSE DE MONTPENSIER 4
From the enamel by Petitot in the South Kensington Museum.

CARDINAL DE RETZ 24
Showing him in his coadjuteur days. After the painting
by Deveria.

JULIUS HARDOUIN MANSART 26
After the painting by Vivien.

JEAN DE LA FONTAINE 54
From an engraving by Grevedon.

LOUIS XIV. AS A BOY, DEDICATING HIS CROWN 62
After the painting by Greg Huret.

LOUIS XIV. AS A YOUNG MAN 72
From a chalk drawing in the British Museum Print Room.

FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD 130
From the engraving by Hopwood after the painting by Petitot.

HELENE LAMBERT, MADAME DE MOTTEVILLE 150
After the painting by De Largilliere.

LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE 154
From the engraving by Flameng after the painting by
Petitot.

JEAN BAPTISTE COLBERT 170
After the painting by Champaign.

"PLEASURES OF THE ISLAND OF ENCHANTMENT."
SCENE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE PLAY, BEFORE
THE KING AT VERSAILLES 172
From the engraving by Israel Silvestre.

"PLEASURES OF THE ISLAND OF ENCHANTMENT." SECOND DAY 174
From the engraving by Israel Silvestre.

GENERAL VIEW OF THE CHATEAU OF VERSAILLES 176
From the engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1664.

THE FRONT OF THE LOUVRE IN COURSE OF ERECTION 178
From the engraving by S. le Clerc, 1677.

JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN MOLIERE 180
After the painting by Noel Coypel.

MADAME HENRIETTE D'ORLEANS 194
From the painting by Mignard in the National Portrait
Gallery. (Photograph by Walker, London.)

MADAME DE MONTESPAN 200
From the engraving by Flameng after the painting by Mignard.

LA VOISIN 206
From a print in the Bibliotheque Nationale.

JEAN BAPTISTE DE LULLI 216
After a contemporary print by Bonnart.

BOILEAU 220
After the painting by H. Rigaud.

Duc de Lauzun 244
By permission of Messrs. Hachette & Co.

MADAME DE SEVIGNE 282
From the painting by Pietro Mignard in the Uffizi Gallery,
Florence. (Photograph by Alinari.)

VIEW OF THE PALACE AND GARDENS OF THE TUILERIES 330
From an engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1673.

VIEW OF THE RESIDENCE OF COLBERT, SHOWING ALSO HIS SEAL 332
From an engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1675.

VIEW OF THE CHATEAU OF VERSAILLES, SHOWING THE
FOUNTAIN OF THE DRAGON 334
From an engraving by Israel Silvestre, 1676.

DUCHESSE DE LA VALLIERE AND HER CHILDREN 336
From the painting by P. Mignard in the possession of the
Marquise d'Oilliamson.

LOUISE DE LA VALLIERE, IN THE GARB OF THE ORDER
OF THE CARMELITES 338
After the painting by D. Plaats.

MADAME DE MAINTENON 340
After the painting by P. Mignard in 1694.

LOUIS XIV. AND LA GRANDE MADEMOISELLE