PALAIS ROYAL. 



families that are fettled here frequently treat their 

 friends at this place, if they chufe to fave themfelves 

 the trouble of making an entertainment at home. They 

 pay no more than in the great room, where ladies are 

 never admitted. The fame rule is obferved at the houfe 

 of Bouvilliers. 



Small licentious parties, however, not un frequently 

 make this their rendezvous. A young or old beau that 

 lias been fmitten by a pretty-faced girl in the walks, 

 entertains her here, and makes her a handfome prefent. 

 It is to be underftood, that thefe females are of the 

 higher clafTes of fuch perfons, and that the laws of de- 

 corum muft be obferved, at leaft under the eyes of the 

 waiters : otherwife, they will be politely told, that 

 meffieurs and mefdames can have no fupper there-. 

 Such a party is not made for lefs than three or four louis 

 d'ors each perfon. 



The reftaurateurs likewife furnifh entertainments, 

 with all their appurtenances, that is, plates, difhes, Sec. 

 out of doors. This, however, as you may fuppofe, 

 coils much more than at their own houfe. Neither 

 muft it be at too great a difcance. The victuals are 

 better dreffed as well as better of their kind, than are 

 to be met with any where elfe in Paris. 



By this time I think, my dear friend, you have a 

 good notion of the reftaurateurs of the Palais Royal : 

 in my next I fhall tell you fomething of the coffee- 

 houfes. 



Paris, 



