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Pag^e 70. — I. recouvrer. Distinguish from recouvrir^ loroi^xX^ often used for it even by the best writers.

2. une grande dame, the comtesse de Provence, sister-in-law of Louis XVI., wife of the future Louis XVIII. The foes of Madame de la Motte said that she fainted on purpose, to attract attention.

Page 71. — I. Charles IX. Charles IX. (i 560-1 574) and his father Henry IL (i 547-1 559) were among the last kings of the Valois House, succeeded by the Bourbons. The countess was descended from Henry IL (see above).

2. comtesse d'Artois, wife of the comte d'Artois, brother of Louis XVI. and afterwards king under the name of Charles X.

3. la bonne sœur, Madame Elisabeth, much beloved for her kindness, beheaded in the Révolution.

4. courtier. English-speaking students should avoid conf using this with the meaning of courtisan,

5. Besenval. The Baron de Besenval, snubbed by Marie-Antoinette, became in his memoirs one of the queen's detractors.

6. Trianon. The Petit Trianon, a villa in the gardens of Versailles where Marie-Antoinette used to throw off court étiquette