Vergennes, minister of foreign affairs

Page 66. — i. brouillée avec lui, on badterms with him.

2. la Polignac, the comtesse de Polignac, a favorite of the queen.

3. Loménie (1727-1794), politician and financier, opponent of Calonne.

4. Rohan, the Cardinal Louis de Rohan (i 734-1 803), Grand Almoner of France, high in social, literary and ecclesiastical posi-

tion; rich, pompous and conceited; aimed at winning the good grâces of the queen (who despised him) and thus became the chief dupe of the affair of the necklace.

5. Strasbourg, important city on the Rhine, formerly in France, now in German territory.

Page 67. — i. Saint Vast. The abbey on Saint Vast or Saint Waast of Arras belonged to the cardinal.

2. Gttéménée. The cardinal proudly remarked: "Onlya king or a Rohan could fail on such a grand scale."

3. Georgel. The Abbé Georgel, the cardinales active secretary and vicar-general, author of memoirs containing one of the narratives of the affair.

4. Ramond. Ramond de Carbonnières (i 755-1827), secretary of the cardinal, afterwards a distinguished writer and public man, author of Observations faites dans les Pyrénées (i 789) and Voyages au Mont Perdu (1801). Jefferson tried to persuade him to come to America.

5. Cagliostro. Joseph Balsamo of Palermo, called Count Cagliostro, a charlatan who made his way to success by impudent frauds and lies. One of the important actors in the affair.

6. Eprémesnil. Duval d' Eprémesnil, magistrate and politician, executedin 1794.

7. rêves royaux. The arrogant motto of the Rohans was Roi ne puis y prince ne daigne^ Rohan suis,