[14] She received ten refusals for the dinner she was giving the next night; among them one from Talleyrand, which caused a permanent rupture in their relations. [15] Governor-General of Morocco. [16] The American Red Cross Asylum at Luxembourg (Toul), now under the very able management of Dr. Maynard Ladd, has accommodations for nearly a thousand children, well and ill, and a maternity hospital. The American forces hold the line to the northwest of Toul. [17] Her epitaph, written by herself, is to the effect that underneath lies a rotting worm, giving to death the tribute of nature, the earth her only covering, and begging her sisters, the Poor Clares, to say for her a _Requiescat in pace_. _Ci-gist un ver tout en pourriture,_ _Donnant à mort le tribut de la nature._ _Sœur Philippe de Gueldre fust Royne du passé,_ _Terre soulat pour toute couverture._ _Sœurs, dites-lui une requiescat in pace._ _MDXLVII._ [18] Madame du Châtelet, around whose death-bed three men met in fraternal tolerance, Voltaire, St.-Lambert, and her husband, was buried here September 11, 1749. In 1793 the tomb was profaned, the lead coffin stolen, the bones scattered. In 1858 they were gathered up and put in a modern coffin in which they now repose. She said of herself: “_J’ai reçu de Dieu une de ces âmes tendres et immuables qui ne savent ni déguiser ni modérer leurs passions; qui ne connaissent ni l’affaiblissement ni le dégoût, et dont la ténacité sait résister à tout, même à la certitude de n’être pas aimée.... Mais un cœur aussi tendre, peut-il être rempli par un sentiment aussi paisible et aussi faible que l’amitié?_” [19] “_Faut pas s’en faire_” is one of the most famous phrases of the French army, and has been described as a combination of two slang expressions, “To keep your hair on, _de ne pas se faire des cheveux_,” and “not to hurt your digestion by undue worry, _de ne pas se faire de la bile_.” [20] René de Châlons, Prince of Orange, killed in 1544, at the siege of St.-Dizier. The genius of Ligier Richier has represented him according to his wish, as his body might have appeared three years _after_ death. [21] Slacker, pig, dirty-one, cow! [22] Cognac. [23] wine. [24] _Prisonnier de Guerre._