Lebrun: _see_ Vigée Lebrun Le Doux (architect), 119 Legouvé, Ernest, 187; (cited) 257 note Legros (singer), 61, 63, 68, 71, 74, 275 Le Maure, Mlle, (singer), 17 and note Lemercier, 257 and note Lemierre, 257 Lemoine (composer), his kindness to Madame Saint-Huberty when a child, 267, 268; her efforts on behalf of his _Électre_, 285; his _Phèdre_ given precedence over Sacchini’s _Œdipe_, 310; ruse by which its success is secured, 311 Levacher de Charnois, (cited) 286 Levasseur, Rosalie, a bitter rival of Sophie Arnould, 57; infatuation of Mercy-Argenteau for her, 69, 70; receives lessons from Gluck, 70; persuades him to entrust her with the part of Alceste in preference to Sophie Arnould, 70, 71; causes a disgraceful lampoon to be circulated about Sophie, 71, 72; attacked in _Le Nouveau Spectateur_, 74; not satisfactory as Armide in Sacchini’s _Renaud_, 289; her talent on the wane, 291; doubles Madame Saint-Huberty as Armide, 317 Ligne, Prince de, a visitor at Sophie Arnould’s house, 79; secures the release of Mlle. Raucourt from For l’Évéque, 166 Louis XIV., his gastronomic feats, 30, 31 and note Louis XV., satirised by the Comte de Lauraguais in _La Cour du Roi Pétaud_, 25, 26 and note; fears Sophie Arnould’s wit, 31; regards Lauraguais as a public nuisance, 41; admires Sophie Arnould’s singing in _Dardanus_, 42; compliments and rewards Mlle. Raucourt, 151; reported to have enjoyed that lady’s favours, 159 Louis XVI., attends the first performance of _Iphigénie en Aulide_, 64; forbids a fête at Mlle. Guimard’s hôtel, 122; amused by Despréaux’s parody of _Ernelinde_, 122; “led by the nose” by Marie Antoinette, 168; orders Dugazon to insult the Queen at an Opera-ball, 201; pronounces the _Mariage de Figaro_ “detestable” and “unactable,” 230; forbids its performance at the Théâtre des Menus-Plaisirs, 232; causes six censors to be appointed to examine it, 237; delighted with Piccini’s _Didon_, 300 Louis XVIII., gives audience to Madame Dugazon at Saint-Ouen, 218 Lourdet de Sans-Terre, extraordinary anachronisms committed by him in the libretto of _l’Embarras des richesses_, 288, 289 Lubomirska, Princess, befriends Madame Saint-Huberty at Warsaw, 272, 274 Lubsac, Chevalier de, first lover of Mlle. Contat, 240; anecdote about him, 241, 242 Lulli (composer), 15 M Maillard, Mlle., 305, 316 Maisonneuve, 257 Malézieux, Chevalier de, a suitor for Sophie Arnould’s hand, 12; his pretensions encouraged by the Princess de Conti, 13; offers to settle all his property on Sophie, 13; takes to his bed on learning of her elopement with Lauraguais, 23 Marat, 88 and note, 183 Marais (inspector of police), 101, 103