Bernis, Abbé de, verses quoted, 126; his attitude towards Madame de Pompadour, 183, 184, 185; accused of drawing up the treaty of Versailles, 206; his words on the convention of Cloister-Seven, 207, 208; counsels peace, 208, 209; threatened, 210; resigns, 210, 211. Berry, Duke of, 265. Bonhomme, Honoré, his book on Louis XV. and his family, 245, 246; his description of Madame Henriette, 249. Bossuet, quoted, 195, 229. Bourbon, Duke of, prime minister, 16; ruled by his mistress, Madame de Prie, 16–18; his uneasiness at court, 18; his description of Marie Leczinska, 25; endeavors to overthrow Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus, 34; his downfall, 34, 35. Burgundy, Duke of, 264. Campan, Madame de, quoted, 255; her words concerning Marie Leczinska, 270. Carlos, Don, 19. Charles X., 265. Charolais, Mademoiselle de, 50. Chartres, Duchess de, 76, 78. Chartres, Duke of, sketch of his career, 114, 115; efforts to effect a marriage between Madame Henriette and, 250, 251; his marriage, 251; his unhappiness after marriage, 252. Chateaubriand, quoted, 222. Châteauroux, Duchess de, 1, 6; words of the Goncourts concerning, 71; wishes to follow the King to the army, 73; joins the King, 76, 77, 78; falls sick, 78; is compelled to leave the King, 79; her return to Paris, 84–86; believes she will regain the King’s favor, 84, 86, 87; the type of the passionate woman, 87; among the crowd at the King’s triumph, 88; visited by the King, 88, 89; invited to return to Versailles, 89, 90; her final illness and death, 90–92. Choiseul, Duke de, 211; his popularity, 213. Christianity, the soul of France, 271. Cloister-Seven, the convention of, 207. Clotilde, Madame, 265. Coaslin, Madame de, her insolent conduct toward Madame de Pompadour, 157. Conti, Princess de, 125. D’Alembert, 215. Damiens, wounds Louis XV., 180–182. D’Argenson, quoted, 44, 105, 106, 218; his attitude towards Madame de Pompadour, 183; possesses confidence of Louis XV., 186; misled as to the feelings of the King towards Madame de Pompadour, 186; proposes that meetings of the ministers be held in the Dauphin’s apartments, 187; dismissed from service, 188; his words on women in politics, 194; a true prophet, 218, 219. Dauphin, the, 109, 110; marries, 110, 186, 187; surrounded by the people, 220; his delight at visit of his sister Elisabeth, 248; his character, 258; marries Marie Josèphe of Saxony, 261–263; falls ill, 265; his last hours and death, 266, 267. Dauphiness, the, 220; see Marie Josèphe. Deffand, Madame du, 36, 37; her sketch of Marie Leczinska, 237, 238.