M. de Rohan, cf. page 24, note

Pagre 28. — 1. M. de Brienne (Loménie de), cardinal, archbishop, and, on the eve of the Révolution, minister of finance. He was very much a man of the world, shared the irreligious opinions of the âge, and even owed his élection to the Academy to the friendship of Voltaire and d'Alembert.

2. cordon bleu, the blue ribbon was the insignia of the knight of the chivalrous order of the Holy Ghost. The term came to mean the knight himself, and finally, in humorous parlance, a firstclass cook.

3. Berry (or Berri), a province of central France. It was the home of George Sand, who describes it con amore in her novels.

4. Guyenne, a province of S. W. France, bordering on the Atlantic.