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APPENDIX H. 



FONTAINEBLEAU. 



You desire to know what I intend to do, which is 

 more than I can tell myself, but I shall certainly be here 

 on Sunday, and for some days afterwards. I supped at 

 Bruinghen's the first night, the next day made my visits, 

 but found nobody but Mother Praslin. She asked me to 

 supper, and has sent me another card since, so that I find 

 I am quite well there. I sup to-night with the Prince 

 Soubize, to-morrow, with Madame de Choiseul, and 

 Monday, with the Due de Chartres ; in short, there is 

 business for every night, and I am in no danger of being 

 on the pav4. I dined to-day at what is called no dinner 

 at Madame de Coingnie's. The Queen ^ asked Madame 

 de Mirepoix si elle n'avoit pas beaucoup entendu mddire de 

 Monsieur Selwyn, et elle ? Elle a ripondu : ' Oui, beaucoup, 

 Madame.^ ' Ten suis bien aise,' dit la Heine. Monin will be 

 excessively glad to see you. I have not had time to go 

 to see him, though he is but a mile from here, and has 

 pressed me much to come. Pray say something for me to 

 the little Tondino, if I should not have time to write. I 

 was not quite well this morning, and could not get up, or 

 I should have wrote to you both. Farewell, for I must go 

 out. — Yours, etc. etc., 



M. AND E. 



P.S. — There was no room taken for you, so I have 

 taken the best I could get in this house, which is not a 

 very good one, but there are lodgings enough to be had. 



^ Consort of Louis xv. 



