Champcenetz, his attack on Sophie Arnould in _La Chronique scandaleuse_, 86 Champfort, 236 Chasse (singer), 6 Chartres, Duc de, 64, 120 Chartres, Duchesse de, 64 Chesterfield, Earl of, 67 Chevalier, Mlle. (singer), 6 _Chimène_, Sacchini’s, 308 Choiseul, Duc de, Sophie Arnould’s _bon mot_ about him, 34; releases Lauraguais from prison on her petition, 42 Choiseul-Praslin, Duc de, 34 Clairon, Mlle., gives Sophie Arnould lessons in acting, 18; her pension compared with that of Sophie Arnould, 78 trains Mlle. Raucourt for the stage, 147 and note _Clytemnestre_, Comte de Lauraguais’s, 35 note Cléophile, Mlle., 160 Colasse (composer), 15 note Collé, 112, 120, (cited) 17, 24, 26 note Collette, Mlle., 108 Contat, Amalrie (daughter of Louise Contat and the Comte d’Artois), 245, 261 Contat, Émilie, 252 Contat, Louise, her parentage, 225 and note; adopted and trained for the stage by the Prévilles, 225; her _début_ at the Comédie-Française, 226; her success in comedy, 226; cabal formed against her at the theatre, 226, 227; her success as Rosalie in _Les Courtisanes_, 228, 229; and as Sophie in _Le vieux garçon_, 229, 230; chosen by Beaumarchais for the part of Suzanne in his _Mariage de Figaro_, 231; her triumph in this part, 239, 240; her personal appearance, 240; her _liaison_ with the Chevalier de Lubsac, 240-242; rejects the advances of a wealthy financier, 242; squandering the patrimony of the Marquis de Maupeou, 242, 243; discards him in favour of the Comte d’Artois, 243; her ruse to stimulate the latter’s generosity, 243, 244; authorised to play _biribi_ at her house, 244; has a daughter, 245; abandoned by the Comte d’Artois, 245; her relations with Desentelles and the actor Fleury, 245; in financial difficulties, 245, 246; adventure with Prince Henry of Prussia, 246-248; her success in _Les Deux Pages_, 248, 249; inimitable in high comedy, 249, 250; her triumphs in the provinces, 250; verses addressed to her by a blind admirer, 251; her imperious character, 251; her quarrel with Alexandre Duval, 251; unable to endure a rival on the stage, 251, 252; her efforts on behalf of her sister Émilie Contat, 282; her attachment to Marie Antoinette, 252, 253; escapes the guillotine, 283; enthusiasm aroused by her at Bordeaux, 253, 254; her popularity in society, 254, 255; her qualities as an hostess, 255; her wit, 255, 256; her magnanimity, 256; her attraction for men of letters, 256-258; Napoleon an admirer of her acting, 258; her marriage, 258; her last appearance, 258, 259; her illness and death, 259-261; her daughter Amalrie Contat, 261 Conti, Prince de, pays assiduous attentions to Sophie Arnould, 43; invites her to his box at the Opera, 45; “wishes her to be entirely his own,” 45 note; gives her a pension, 80 note