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'33'。 〃Paris; Versailles et les provinces au dix…huitième siècle;〃
II。 160; 168。 … Mercier; 〃Tableau de Paris;〃 IV。 150。 … De Ségur;
〃Mémoires;〃 I。 16。
'34'。 〃Marie Antoinette;〃 by D'Arneth and Geffroy; II。 27; 255;
281。 〃 Gustave III。〃 by Geffroy; November; 1786; bulletin of Mme。 de
Sta?l。 … D'Hézecques; ibid。。 231。 … Archives nationales; 01; 736; a
letter by M。 Amelot; September 23; 1780。 … De Luynes; XV。 260; 367;
XVI。 163 ladies; of which 42 are in service; appear and courtesy to
the king。 160 men and more than 100 ladies pay their respects to the
Dauphin and Dauphine。
'35'。 Cochin。 Engravings of a masked ball; of a dress ball; of the
king and queen at play; of the interior of the theater (1745)。
Customes of Moreau (1777)。 Mme。 de Genlis; 〃Dictionaire des
etiquettes;〃 the article parure。
'36'。 〃The difference between the tone and language of the court
and the town was about as perceptible as that between Paris and the
provinces。 〃 (De Tilly; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。 153。)
'37'。 The following is an example of the compulsory inactivity of
the nobles … a dinner of Queen Marie Leczinska at Fontainebleau: 〃I
was introduced into a superb hall where I found about a dozen
courtiers promenading about and a table set for as many persons; which
was nevertheless prepared for but one person。 。 。 。 The queen sat
own while the twelve courtiers took their positions in a semi…circle
ten steps from the table; I stood alongside of them imitating their
deferential silence。 Her Majesty began to eat very fast; keeping her
eyes fixed on the plate。 Finding one of the dishes to her taste she
returned to it; and then; running her eye around the circle; she said
〃Monsieur de Lowenthal?〃 … On hearing this name a fine…looking man
advanced; bowing; and replied; 〃Madame?〃 … 〃I find that this ragout is
fricassé chicken。〃 〃I believe it is' Madame。〃 … On making this
answer; in the gravest manner; the marshal; retiring backwards;
resumed his position; while the queen finished her dinner; never
uttering another word and going back to her room the same way as she
came。〃 (Memoirs of Casanova。)
'38'。 〃Under Louis XVI; who arose at seven or eight o'clock; the
lever took place at half…past eleven unless hunting or ceremonies
required it earlier。〃 There is the same ceremonial at eleven; again in
the evening on retiring; and also during the day; when he changes his
boots。 (D'Hézecque; 161。)
'39'。 Warroquier; I。 94。 Compare corresponding detail under Louis
XVI in Saint…Simon XIII。 88。
'40'。 〃Marie Antoinette;〃 by d'Arneth and Geffroy; II。 217。
'41'。 In all changes of the coat the left arm of the king is
appropriated by the wardrobe and the right arm to the 〃chambre。〃
'42'。 The queen breakfasts in bed; and 〃there are ten or twelve
persons present at this first reception or entrée。 。 。 〃 The grand
receptions taking place at the dressing hour。 〃This reception
comprises the princes of the blood; the captains of the guards and
most of the grand…officers。〃 The same ceremony occurs with the chemise
as with the king's shirt。 One winter day Mme。 Campan offers the
chemise to the queen; when a lady of honor enters; removes her gloves
and takes the chemise in her hands。 A movement at the door and the
Duchess of Orleans comes in; takes off her gloves; and receives the
chemise。 Another movement and it is the Comtesse d'Artois whose
privilege it is to hand the chemise。 Meanwhile the queen sits there
shivering with her arms crossed on her breast and muttering; 〃It is
dreadful; what importunity! 〃 (Mme。 Campan; II。 217; III。 309…316)。
'43'。 〃Marie Antoinette;〃 by d'Arneth and Geffroy; II。 223 (August
15; 1774)。
'44'。 Count D'Hézecques; ibid。; p。 7。
'45'。 Duc de Lauzun; 〃Mémoires;〃 51。 … Mme。 de Genlis; 〃Mémoires;〃
ch。 XII。: 〃Our husbands; regularly on that day (Saturday) slept at
Versailles; to hunt the next day with the king。〃
'46'。 The State dinner takes place every Sunday。 … La nef is a
piece of plate at the center of the table containing between scented
cushions; the napkins used by the king。 … The essai is the tasting of
each dish by the gentlemen servants and officers of the table before
the king partakes of it。 And the same with the beverages。 … It
requires four persons to serve the king with a glass of wine and
water。
'47'。 When the ladies of the king's court; and especially the
princesses; pass before the king's bed they have to make an obeisance;
the palace officials salute the nef on passing that。 … A priest or
sacristan does the same thing on passing before the altar。
'48'。 De Luynes; IX; 75;79; 105。 (August; 1748; October 1748)。
'49'。 The king is at Marly; and here is a list of the excursions he
is to make before going to Compiègne。 (De Luynes; XIV; 163; May; 1755)
〃Sunday; June 1st; to Choisy until Monday evening。 … Tuesday; the
3rd to Trianon; until Wednesday。 … Thursday; the 5th; return to
Trianon where he will remain until after supper on Saturday。 …
Monday; the 9th; to Crécy; until Friday; 13th。 … Return to Crécy the
16th; until the 21st。 … St。 July 1st to la Muette; the 2nd; to
Compiègne。〃
'50'。 〃Marie Antoinette;〃 by d'Arneth and Geffroy; I。 19 (July 12;
1770)。 I。 265 (January 23; 1771)。 I。 III。 (October 18; 1770)。
'51'。 Marie Antoinette;〃 by d'Arneth and Geffroy; II; 270 (October
18; 1774)。 II; 395 (November 15; 1775)。 II; 295 (February 20; 1775)。
III; 25 (February 11; 1777)。 III; 119 (October 17; 1777)。 III; 409
(March 18; 1780)。
'52'。 Mme。 Campan; I。 147。
'53'。 Nicolardot; 〃Journal de Louis XVI;〃 129。
'54'。 D'Hézecques ibid。 253。 … Arthur Young; I。 215。
'55'。 List of pensions paid to members of the royal family in 1771。
Duc d'Orléans; 150;000。 Prince de Condé; 100;000。 Comte de Clermont;
70;000。 Duc de Bourbon; 60;000。 Prince de Conti; 60;000。 Comte de la
Marche; 60;000。 Dowager…Countess de Conti; 50;000。 Duc de Penthièvre;
50;000。 Princess de Lamballe; 50;000。 Duchess de Bourbon; 50;000。
(Archives Nationales。 O1。 710; bis)。
'56'。 Beugnot; I。 77。 Mme。 de Genlis; 〃Mémoires;〃 ch。 XVII。 De
Goncourt; 〃La Femme au dix…huitième siècle;〃 52。 … Champfort;
〃Caractères et Anecdotes。〃
'57'。 De Luynes; XVI。 57 (May; 1757)。 In the army of Westphalia the
Count d'Estrées; commander…in…chief; had twenty…seven secretaries; and
Grimm was the twenty…eighth。 … When the Duc de Richelieu set out for
his government of Guyenne he was obliged to have relays of a hundred
horses along the entire road。
'58'。 De Luynes; XVI。 186 (October; 1757)。
'59'。 De Goncourt; ibid。; 73; 75。
'60'。 Mme。 d'Epinay; 〃Mémoires。〃 Ed。 Boiteau; I。 306 (1751)。
'61'。 St。 Simon; XII。 457; and Dangeau; VI。 408。 The Marshal de
Boufflers at the camp of Compiègne (September; 1698) had every night
and morning two tables for twenty and twenty…five persons; besides
extra tables; 72 cooks; 340 domestics; 400 dozens of napkins; 80
dozens of silver plates; 6 dozens of porcelain plates。 Fourteen relays
of horses brought fruits and liquors daily from Paris; every day an
express brought fish; poultry and game from Ghent; Brussels; Dunkirk;
Dieppe and Calais。 Fifty dozens bottles of wine were drunk on ordinary
days and eighty dozens during the visits of the king and the princes。
'62'。 De Luynes; XIV。 149。
'63'。 Abbé Georgel; 〃Mémoires;〃 216。
'64'。 Sainte…Beuve; 〃Causeries du lundi;〃 VIII。 63; the texts of
two witnesses; MM。 de Genlis and Roland。
'65'。 De Luynes; XV。 455; and XVI。 219 (1757)。 〃The Marshal de
Belle…Isle contracted an indebtedness amounting to 1;200;000 livres;
one…quarter of it for building great piles of houses for his own
pleasure and the rest in the king's service。 The king; to indemnify
him; gives him 400;000 livres on the salt revenue; and 80;000 livres
income on the company privileged to refine the precious metals。〃
'66'。 Report of fixed incomes and expenditures; May 1st; 1789; p。
633。 … These figures; it must be noted; must be doubled to have their
actual equivalent。
'67'。 Mme。 de Genlis; 〃Dict。 des Etiquettes;〃 I。 349。
'68'。 Barbier; 〃Journal;〃 III; 211 (December; 1750)。
'69'。 Aubertin; 〃L'Esprit public au dix…huitième siècle;〃 255。
'70'。 Mme。 de Genlis; 〃Adèle et Théodore。〃 III。 54。
'71'。 Duc de Lévis; 68。 The same thing is found; previous to the
late reform; in the English army。 … Cf。 Voltaire; 〃Entretiens entre A;
B; C;〃 15th entretien。 〃A regiment is not the reward for services but
rather for the sum which the parents of a young man advance in order
that he may go to the provinces for three months in the year and keep
open house。〃
'72'。 Beugnot; I。 79。
'73'。 Merlin de Thionville; 〃Vie et correspondances。〃 Account of
his visit to the chartreu