refuses to bow to the storm, 77; insulted in the garden of the Palais-Royal, 77, 78; retires from the stage, 78; her house a rendezvous for men of letters, 78; Voltaire’s visit to her, 79; failure of Mesmer to cure her dog, 79, 80; her letters to the notary Alleaume, 81, 82; marriage of her daughter Alexandrine, 82, 83; goes to live at Clichy-la-Garenne, 83; her life there, 84, 85; in financial difficulties, 85; declines to prosecute a burglar, 85, 86; attack of Champcenetz upon her in _La Chronique scandaleuse_, 86, 87; removes from Clichy to Luzarches, 87; her description of her new home, 87; receives a domiciliary visit from the local revolutionary committee, 87, 88 and note; her _bon mot_ on the occasion of her daughter’s second marriage, 89; becoming poorer and poorer, 89, 90; befriended by Belanger, 90; her letter to him, 90, 91; returns to Paris, 91; her letter to Lauraguais, 92, 93; her generosity the cause of her poverty, 93; her letter to Lucien Bonaparte, 94, 95; in a pitiable condition, 95; Belanger’s letter to Lucien Bonaparte on her behalf, 96, 97; her death, 97; her kindness to Mlle. Raucourt, 170, 171; deserted by the Prince d’Hénin for that actress, 177 Artois, Comte d’, casts a “benevolent glance” on Sophie Arnould, 69; credited with a desire to participate in the favours of Mlle. Raucourt, 177; witnesses the performance of the _Mariage de Figaro_, at Gennevilliers, 235; become the _amant en titre_ of Mlle. Contat, 243; indulges in a practical joke at her expense, 244; obtains for her an authorisation to play _biribi_ at her house, 244; refuses to recognise his daughter by her, 245; sends her three thousand louis to pay her debts, 246 Ashton, Elizabeth, her evidence at the inquest upon the Comte and Comtesse d’Antraigues, 339 _Atys_, Piccini’s, 288, 313 B Bachaumont, 319; (cited) 49 note, 52, 53, 111 _Bajazet_, Mlle. Contat’s appearance in, 226 Balbatri (musician), 6 Ball, Matthew (surgeon), his evidence at the inquest on the Comte and Comtesse d’Antraigues, 342, 343 _Barbier de Seville_, Beaumarchais’s, 188, 231 Beaumarchais, a visitor at Sophie Arnould’s house, 79; his manœuvres to stimulate public interest in his _Mariage de Figaro_, 230; enables the Comte de Vaudreuil to win a wager, 230 note; chooses Mlle. Contat for the part of Suzanne, 231; performance of his _Mariage de Figaro_ at Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs forbidden by Louis XVI.; his diplomacy, 233; his play performed at Gennevilliers, 235; reads it to an audience selected by the Baron de Breteuil, 236, 237; production of the _Mariage de Figaro_ at Comédie-Française, 237-240 Beaumesnil, Mlle, (singer), 33, 52 Beaumesnil, Christophe de (Archbishop of Paris) objects to the opening of Mlle. Guimard’s private theatre in the Chaussée-d’Antin, 121; persuades Louis XVI. to forbid a fête at her hôtel, 121, 122 Beauvau, Princesse de, 152 note, 157