de sa tête, on her own initiative

Pag^ 75« — I. Saint-Cloud. The château of Saint-Cloud, a few miles from Paris, belonged to the Orléans branch of the royal family. It was a favorite resort of Napoléon III. and was bumed in the Franco-Prussian war.

2. Bachaumont, manof letters (1690-1770), Auihoroi Mémoires xé^rrets de la république des lettres en France,

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Pag^e 7 6. — l. TurgOt. Jacques Turgot, economist and statesman (i 727-1 781), minister of Louis XVI.

2. Cherbourg, seaport in Normandy (Département de la Manche),

3. Rambouillet, a château, 48 kilom. from Paris. It had once belonged to the marquis de Rambouillet, whose wife was an important influence in French literature.

4. acquits au comptant, orders for payment without spécification of purpose for which the money is to be employed.