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went on in Chantilly itself, tliougli there was no royal 

 duchess to hold court at the Chateau, at the ' Versailles 

 of the Condes.' These were the days of that ' Bohemian- 

 ism ' to which somehow — one cannot tell how — the 

 Empire seemed to tend so naturally ; the days when the 

 line of demarcation between the ' monde ' and what is 

 incorrectly called the ' demi-monde ' appeared to be al- 

 most effaced ; the days when the chief of the ' gommeux ' 

 was the reckless young Duke de Gramont-Caderousse . 

 The names of other ' viveurs ' of the Empire, who were 

 among the chief patrons of Chantilly, have been pre- 

 served by an admiring ' compatriot,' who especially 

 mentions ' les Lauriston, les Saint-Eomain, Saint-Ger- 

 main, De Gouy, Gallifet, Dupin, Reiset, Friant, Fasquel, 

 Mosselman, Delamarre, Daru, Finot, Chabrillan, Caillard, 

 Demidoff, De Perigord, De Mouchy, Fould, Fitz James, 

 De Poilly, De Greffulhe, Niviere, Lagrange, De Koraar, 

 Blount, D'Arenberg, Tolstoi, De Montreuil, Delangle,' &c. 

 These are names of which several will recall to the 

 reader services rendered to the cause which the Societe 

 d'Encouragement had at heart rather than the follies 

 and gallantries for which the Duke de Gramont-Cade- 

 rousse is understood to have been chiefly distinguished ; 

 but no doubt the ' compatriot ' did not mean to tar all 

 the personages with the same brush. The ' compatriot ' 

 also commemorates with much apparent pride and tender 

 regard the most notorious courtesans of the period, 

 assuring us that they had a great deal more ' chic ' than 

 their successors at the present time, although ' the 

 3,000 francs a month that would be given them re- 

 presented the 20,000 of nowadays.' The ' compatriot ' 

 even records the names, real or assumed or ' nick,' of a 

 few amonar the ' elegancies,' and a ' s^ood thincf ' that was 

 said by one of them. We read of Chouchou-Gautier, 



